"79 Ty Weekender

[ty3]

Curious where some of you store the outboard motor gas can on this boat?? Locker in cockpit??

Thanks for your help!

Ty3

[wikakaru]

I got tired of the remote gas tank always being in the way, so I bought an outboard motor with an internal gas tank. I like it much better.

It is not considered safe to store gasoline in a locker that connects to the interior, such as the Typhoon Weekender's cockpit lockers. Gas is heavier than air and can collect in the bilge, creating the risk of explosion.

Before I changed out my outboard I searched the internet and found several people who had jury-rigged internal fuel tanks on outboards not designed for them, but I didn't find any of the solutions very satisfactory or very elegant.

Good luck!

Jim

[Gary M]

When I owned a Weekender, I used an internal tank like Jim.

The problem to be solved is what do I do when I need more fuel to make the 30 mile trip from Marina Del Rey, Ca., to Catalina Island? Topping off an internal tank while the boat is rolling in the ocean was dangerous and uncomfortable.

My solution, on these long trip occasions, was to rig a Jack Rabbit Pump to an external tank. In this way I could top off the internal tank with out shutting down the outboard and stay sitting in the cockpit.

It was the best solution I could come up with.

I wonder if it would be possible to hook up the external tank connections to a small one gallon tank. It might be worth a try.

Gary

[wikakaru]

Actually, my Tohatsu with the internal fuel tank also has a connector for an external tank, so if you really needed to motor for a long way and wanted to use a big external tank instead, it's no problem. That's a really nice feature of this outboard. If only it were lighter weight...

Smooth sailing,

Jim