Cobalt Boats Forum

Thank you.
Im going to direct the new owner of the cobalt to this forum. I hope that this place grows and thrives.

I've enjoyed it.

Im afraid we are going to cut our losses and move on.
We're going to try and sell it for what we can.
With a bad engine it won't be much. But we need more space and some thing to fish off of.
Looking at a pontoon boat now.

Yep, Got the bad news today. 2 cylinders little to no compression. The other 4 low. 765hrs I guess might be the life expectancy of a 302 in a marine application. Not really keen on putting the money in to repowering this old tub. Don't know if the out drive will hold up to factory+ power or not :oops:

Well got the boat out on the water yesterday. Got towed back to the ramp. Drug it to the boat shop, had some guys admiring the old tub. I'm Fed up with it at this point.
Thanks again for the support.

So......
Installed the cable, that's the trick. Come to find out one needs the cable to hold the carb shut.
Thank you for the reply. Also the 650 to 700 rpm would that be at operating temperature in gear?

As the title suggests, Cant get the engine to run below 1200 rpm. Should the cable be cramming the carb closed? I've been trying to run it with out the cable hooked up. Boat ran good one trip, float stuck open kept flooding out, replaced carb. I've been trying for hrs to get this adjusted. Kept goin...

Nice work. This would make a good winter project.

Thank you, ill let you know how to turns out. The trailer would be scrapped if I had the money for a good used one, but alas poor people have poor ways. I have the material and ability to do the welding. And the room at the house to work on it. Now I just have to get brave enough to pull the trailer...

So I know how to do the work but im not sure about getting the boat off the trailer. Yea I know put it in the lake but I need to do alot of welding and I dont want to have to leave it for a week or two. So im looking at launching in the yard

Any suggestions?

Thank you so much for the links. I believe that the prop May be the reason for the interference. I still need to learn how to find out what prop is on it. Thanks again.

I just picked up a anode that must of been stock.

Hello, what part of the show me state do you hail from?
We're in Kansas city.

As the title suggests im having a hard time with torque feed back through the steering. My 19br with the 888 drive will really give you a work out. I do not have power steering and nor can I afford to retrofit a system in. I've only taken the boat out a few times and still trying to get a feel for t...

Im going to build a engine cover that can hold a 300 lbs man with a swivel seat. Im thinking about reworking both seats on either side of the cover and integrating them into the engine cover as one piece so when opened ill have a lot more room to work. Just haven't studied it long enough yet to have...

I've got a `77 19br that the family loves, I was more inclined to a fish and ski type boat. So my question is has any seen a platform built/added to the engine cover?

Thank you, for all of the positive things I've heard about these boats the owners don't seem to be real active in forums. I hope this place takes off.