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Spoke to the tank Mfr this morning, RDS Manufacturing. They did use these Rivnuts when my tank was made (2001) but don’t use them now. They recommended to rotate the sender 180 and drive a new set of holes. Problem is, I got 130 gallons of fuel in there! They said try a Air drill or hand drill...

All, Just replaced the senders on my two tanks in my 2001 265. The Aux tank sender was original and the replacement went in with no problems. The main tank sender was not original. I had a bear of a time with one of the bolts and ended up pulling the threaded insert out of the tank with the...

Fowl Hooked- saw you at the ramp in VB today then went by the Fishing Center and snapped a bunch of pics of your trailer. Then I come on here and see your post! I am having the same issue and gonna try that solution, looked sweet. Good Luck fishing! Greg

On my last two boats ( 25 SeaVee and now a 265) I have used Interstate batteries from their blemished stock. Had fully warranty and cheap compared to retail. Just call your local Interstate location and see if they have blemished in the size you need.

I am looking at the Merc V-6 225’s for my 265. 484lbs is close to my 200 HPDI’s. Heard great things about these motors.

I got the two side vent windows from Marine Glass Specialty’s in FL. Referred to him by TaylorMade, who owns Water bonnet, who made the Windshield. Apparently he bought a lot of the Grady Glass stuff . He’s hard to get ahold of, try to call him.

Rob, I was having some fueling issues I thought were related to my trailer orientation. Turned out both senders were bad. Worth pulling the floors and testing them, very easy to get the floor up to take a look at your tanks and lines.

My tidbit of advice ( based on experience!) : Don’t run it hard with the side windows open! Love mine, and you sound like you scored a good deal. Congrats!

Welcome to the 265 cult!

I’ll snap some pics when we get the floor up.

Thanks fellas, gonna pull the floor this week as the offshore forecast looks kinda bleak. Going to replace a bad fuel sender on the Aux tank while we are in there, any sender recommendations?

Is the lettering raised? Thanks

2001 model year, bought it 3 years ago. We pulled the floor and changed fuel lines when we got it. It doesn’t have external fuel vent, looks like it vents to the tank? Anyhow, can’t get more than 30 or so gallons in either tank. Seems like it’s getting worse. Doesn’t matter if I am fueling at...

4200 for me, mine looked perfect when we took it off. There’s an Aluminum “plate” between two fiberglass sections on mine (265 Express) and we used longer SS screws and used a tap and die set up to secure them before dumping a tube of 4200 and spreading it everywhere

Get your fuel polished

Call GW Customer Service, give them the length you need and they’ll sell it to you. Just did this and on my 265.

One just popped up on THT, looks clean

I’ve got two automotive engine lifts and once it quits raining we’ll hook up the lifts to the lifting eyes, unbolt the motors and move the boat forward to access the transom. I am primarily doing this to replace the aluminum bang plate, no indication that the transom needs a full rebuild...

I’ll post some pics if we can ever get a weather window....

I’ve got everything in place to tackle this job on my 265. Just waiting for a weather window. Got the new style cap from GW. Will post pics when we get to it.