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[QUOTE]sworrall - 6/12/2004  8:42 AM

The livewells in the Esox (The Marauder was renamed 'Esox' about 10 year back) are set to the liner now and glassed directly to the molded opening. My bet is this is an older boat that had a glassed wood deck, and the livewell liner/tank glassed to that to reduce water exposure to the resin coated wood sidetanks. The new models are all composite, and the liners built differently as a result. If there was no liner in your boat, you would be reaching into the livewell through a rough cut opening in the side tank. That would be bad, take my word for it.

This is very fixable, just need to identify where the water is coming in. The method used to seal that unit was not only the 'right way' back then, it was the only correct way to install a fiberglass livewell in to wood side tank construction.[/QUOTE]

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Posted 6/12/2004 8:42 AM (#109546 - in reply to #109302)
Subject: RE: Tuffy livewell help

There isn't a 'two piece' well there; it is a livewell tank that is attached to the liner glassed into the deck and sealed with silicone. The seam you see is between the tank and the deck liner. Did you read the earlier post about finding the leak? Try what was suggested with the boat on the trailer and watch in the access area for water to begin dripping. You will find the culprit area that way. 'Tearing it out' isn't a good option, finding and fixing the leak is. Where are you located? What year is the boat?

The livewells in the Esox (The Marauder was renamed 'Esox' about 10 year back) are set to the liner now and glassed directly to the molded opening. My bet is this is an older boat that had a glassed wood deck, and the livewell liner/tank glassed to that to reduce water exposure to the resin coated wood sidetanks. The new models are all composite, and the liners built differently as a result. If there was no liner in your boat, you would be reaching into the livewell through a rough cut opening in the side tank. That would be bad, take my word for it.

This is very fixable, just need to identify where the water is coming in. The method used to seal that unit was not only the 'right way' back then, it was the only correct way to install a fiberglass livewell in to wood side tank construction.