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Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 4:24 pm
by AsLan7
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Way to breathe new life into those Polk grills and hull BtS!👌

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Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 11:31 pm
by baktasht
New goodies arrived today. Waiting for more stuff to arrive before I get started on this project. This is going to be a fun one.....
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Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:17 pm
by baktasht
While I'm waiting for the rest of my supplies, checked to make sure that my Singer machine with a walking foot can handle 4 layers of vinyl. Did great on a few test runs. Will post some updates once I get the rest of the materials.
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Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 12:01 am
by akorcovelos
Good luck! My Wife is pretty good with a sewing machine and she did some of the interior on our old boat. Turned out pretty good, but dang that was a lot of work.

Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:43 am
by jbteehee
baktasht wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:09 pm Single battery perko switch in good condition. Anyone want it for free? If you're local in Austin you can swing by, or I can ship it if you're not around here. 

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Hello Janis here. I'm new to forum and new to Cobalts.I have a 1992 25' 253 cuddy. I'll never have any other boat!! Anyway still have switch? I know it's a long shot, but... Great job restoring your boat!!

Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 12:33 pm
by baktasht
jbteehee wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:43 am
baktasht wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:09 pm Single battery perko switch in good condition. Anyone want it for free? If you're local in Austin you can swing by, or I can ship it if you're not around here. 

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Hello Janis here. I'm new to forum and new to Cobalts.I have a 1992 25' 253 cuddy. I'll never have any other boat!! Anyway still have switch? I know it's a long shot, but... Great job restoring your boat!!
Hey Janis, gave the switch away a while back. Agreed, the Cobalts are built well!

Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:54 pm
by AsLan7
jbteehee wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:43 am
baktasht wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:09 pm Single battery perko switch in good condition. Anyone want it for free? If you're local in Austin you can swing by, or I can ship it if you're not around here. 

IMG_20191205_150704.jpg
Hello Janis here. I'm new to forum and new to Cobalts.I have a 1992 25' 253 cuddy. I'll never have any other boat!! Anyway still have switch? I know it's a long shot, but... Great job restoring your boat!!
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Hey Janis. Welcome to the Cobaltchat forum. So glad you found us!

Any pics of your Cobalt. We’d love to see them. Feel free to start an intro post with pics only if you have the time.

Again welcome aboard mate!

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Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:23 pm
by baktasht
Some tuneup parts arrived today. New OEM Mercruiser/Quicksilver distributor cap, rotor, ignition wires, and fuel filter.

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Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:17 pm
by baktasht
Got the new wires, cap, and rotor replaced. The old wires were not bad, but the old cap and rotor were in pretty bad shape. Just did a quick test start with muffs on the outdrive and it starts up much faster too.

I also prefer to keep everything ignition relates OEM. So it's nice to have Mercruiser parts instead of the Delco parts that were on there.
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Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:22 pm
by baktasht
And here is a couple photos of the new vinyl material I got to reupholster some of the seats. It as close to a perfect fit as I could find.
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Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:39 pm
by Big Block Power
baktasht wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:22 pm And here is a couple photos of the new vinyl material I got to reupholster some of the seats. It as close to a perfect fit as I could find.

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Let me know when you sell her. Lol
Man you must be having a blast fixing it up.

Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:44 pm
by baktasht
Big Block Power wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:39 pm
baktasht wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:22 pm And here is a couple photos of the new vinyl material I got to reupholster some of the seats. It as close to a perfect fit as I could find.

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Let me know when you sell her. Lol
Man you must be having a blast fixing it up.
I haven't listed it for sale, but I'm always open to offers. The 272 I was looking at wasn't worth what they were asking. So still on the search for a 262 or 272.

Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:55 pm
by baktasht
I did a quick video for anyone wanting to see a step by step of the distributor cap, distributor rotor, and spark plug ignition wires. Hope it helps some folks out:

https://youtu.be/8pB-qyDoH_g

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Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:37 am
by AsLan7
baktasht wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:55 pm I did a quick video for anyone wanting to see a step by step of the distributor cap, distributor rotor, and spark plug ignition wires. Hope it helps some folks out:

https://youtu.be/8pB-qyDoH_g

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Nice bts!

Btw, I copied the last part of your youTube link( 8pB-qyDoH_g ) and pasted it between the YouTube brackets [youtube][/youtube] so the video shows up on the site.
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Re: 1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 1:04 am
by akorcovelos
Nice video 👍🏼