Cobalt Boats Forum

4 "upgrades" so far. Amazing how quickly $1K disappeared from my wallet. 1/ Did the Sony head unit swap (same deck as BB posted on page 2). Well worth the $125 and a few hours to install. 2/ New fuel pump thanks to the notorious Volvo pump whine. Painful to buy at $700+, but not that bad o...

We got our slip on Lake Washington, so probably no boat trips this summer. If we do, it would be likely be Lake Chelan.

Jim

Just ordered the Sony head unit which is really a must. Holding off on speakers for now as this stuff is likely to sit in a box for the winter.

Jim

Big Block - Did you end up building a jig to hold the tower? Mine goes into storage this weekend and I might have to lower the tower on it.

Thanks,
Jim

Big Block - Have not had to lower mine yet, but imagine I will if I do indoor storage this winter. The manual recommends flipping up the cushions in front of the windshield, putting something over them to protect the vinyl, and resting it on them. I would only do that as a temporary solution and wou...

Missed this Liquid. Omar Vizquel. Now the 3rd base coach in Detroit. His wife supposedly got it in a divorce and wanted nothing to do with it. Have some paperwork with her name and the guy I bought it from had no reason to make it up, so probably true.

Jim

Damn you Big Block - now that you have essentially the same boat (albeit with 100 extra ponies), I will have no choice but to follow your upgrades starting with LEDs ;-) Boat looks to be in exceptional shape for a 2003. I thought mine was clean for a 2005. Crazy how similar that is to mine right dow...

Thanks John. I do like the look of the boat. Just wish it was running ;-) Apparently some versions of the fuel pump are painted on the inside (no joke). As you can imagine, the gas starts to eat away at the paint and eventually flakes off, gets caught in the pump screen (or filter) and starts to res...

Taking a 20 footer into Lake Michigan is pretty brave. My Dad had a 26' that he kept slipped in South Haven, Michigan. Went out a few times when the conditions were mild, but still felt like that boat was getting tossed around pretty good.

Jimbo

The maiden voyage last week was a mixed bag. Getting it in and out at the launch went smoother than I thought. Boat started up great, but showed some fuel delivery issues under load. We managed to swap out the fuel filter, but it did not fix the issue, so we just puttered around the lake since it wa...

@ Big Block - Curious if you can post a link to the LED bulbs you bought (all would be great, but most interested in blue cup holder LEDs).

Thx,
Jim

Hey all - Just picked up a very low hour 2005 Cobalt 220 w/ 5.7 Volvo last week. Boat has an interesting history in that it was owned by one of the Seattle Mariners (which probably explains the low hours). As much as I wanted the new seat configuration of the 2012+, this thing was too good of a deal...