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by Autococker07
Mon May 09, 2016 12:36 am
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: GUARDIAN 18 Center Deck, Fuel Tank Repair
Replies: 6
Views: 7820

Re: GUARDIAN 18 Center Deck Repair

Why is the writing on the label backwards? Are you sure the "orange foam" is not something else, some sort of mastic or adhesive? The writing is backwards because the foam was sprayed directly onto the sticker, you are seeing a transfer of the print on the foam. I have no idea what the or...
by Autococker07
Thu May 05, 2016 7:42 pm
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: GUARDIAN 18 Center Deck, Fuel Tank Repair
Replies: 6
Views: 7820

Re: GUARDIAN 18 Center Deck Repair

The pressure washer works, a little bit. I got the label off the tank. The tank was replaced with a smaller one in 2001, about 40-gallons, and it is correspondingly shorter, about two-thirds of the 63-gallon. In that forward space there are two kinds of foam. The top is basically the consistency of ...
by Autococker07
Wed May 04, 2016 9:33 pm
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: GUARDIAN 18 Center Deck, Fuel Tank Repair
Replies: 6
Views: 7820

GUARDIAN 18 Center Deck, Fuel Tank Repair

[We] just started work on my GUARDIAN 18. We: --stripped out the ratty wiring, --pulled the center console, --lifted up the deck, and --started to peel the foam. The deck is not terrible but bad enough around the edges that we're going to replace it. It also was not completely sealed around the edge...
by Autococker07
Tue May 03, 2016 11:40 am
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Hello y'all
Replies: 7
Views: 7138

Re: Hello y'all

Sorry about the double post, my pic was still too big but I thought maybe y'all limited pics per post..... Still learning this silly technology stuff So, a question about the transom in this picture..... You may need to look carefully, but there is an 8-10 inch deep cutout for the outboard to mount ...
by Autococker07
Tue May 03, 2016 11:38 am
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Hello y'all
Replies: 7
Views: 7138

Re: Hello y'all

Wow, it's neat to think that these two were stablemates at some point!! I sure hope I can get mine to look as good as yours, I would never have guessed yours to be a military boat! It looks like a cream puff that sat in a time capsule! Mine is a hard drinking lady that has been in a few fights :D. A...
by Autococker07
Mon May 02, 2016 6:23 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Hello y'all
Replies: 7
Views: 7138

Re: Hello y'all

Hi Mav, I'm in nw Florida (ft Walton) the boat came from the navy base at Panama City. I'll get a couple of pictures downsized tonight to put up, but she is a sad, dirty sight right now..... I am in the process of pulling the console, but cannot find the release pin for the steering cable, and haven...
by Autococker07
Sun May 01, 2016 11:42 am
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Hello y'all
Replies: 7
Views: 7138

Hello y'all

After months of searching, I finally bought my first boat a few weeks ago. While not nearly as beautiful as all of yalls here, she is a whaler, seems solid, and I cannot wait to get her out on the water! She is an 89 18ft guardian with an evinrude cross flow 100, auctioned out of us navy service, bu...