Cobalt Boats Forum

MN, I'm regretting not taking pictures for you during our 10-day zero degree stretch last week There's fresh ice on the roads this morning - maybe I'll find something to post to make you miss home.

Looks like there was space to move that trim tab a bit to the right - not sure why the guy bolting them on didn't see what we all seem to see...

Good to hear from you. I just went to the Minneapolis boat show last Wednesday. Zero degree weather, but it was fun to go with my son and my dad and pretend it was boat season for a few hours. Erickson had some nice Formula and Tiara models, and I'm always a bit surprised that Scout sells in MN but ...

The thing that bugs me the most as someone with a business background is that there used to be an obvious reason for someone like me to buy or recommend a Cobalt instead of a Regal, Chaparral, or the like. I wonder if someone like Formula or Pursuit will start trying harder to fill the gap Cobalt is...

The schematic on page one shows the blue and yellow wires going between three different connectors, and doesn't show the potentiometer, power source, or bulb. I'm wondering if they are the "adjusted" voltage and not the supply voltage, since there are two more wires going into the potentio...

My boat's hibernating during the below-zero weather, but I have one about even with the windscreen (I think it's even with the slanted front part), and one toward the rear pretty far back, just forward of the rear cleat. It may vary slightly by hull - you obviously don't want a bowed out portion of ...

Any idea where that connector is? It's quite likely to be behind the dash. I don't know your boat well, but there's probably a panel (or more) behind the seat in front of the dash that can be unscrewed to reveal what's going on in there. Opening the panels to get at the wiring is step one for sure,...

So I have no power going to the rheostat and all the circuit breakers in the starboard bow storage area are ok with each breaker receiving power. All the aft circuit breakers (by the Battery on off switch) are also fine. How do I go about chasing this problem. I got the wiring diagram (attached) fr...

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Backstone is a neat service - I've done it with a car, but not with my boat. Their typical report seems to tell you that your oil is more or less what you should expect, but the occasional case where they can warn of things not quite right or impending doom combined with the relatively low cost of a...

I've heard of clocking so that the blades aren't at 12:00 at the same time, but I've never heard of anyone observing a difference with a Volvo Penta outdrive. I guess some older Mercury Bravo 3 outdrives could have more cavitation if they weren't clocked, but I've only heard anecdotal rumors of such...

If you don't have a manual for the shifter with your engine stuff, perhaps a picture (of the shifter and outdrive) would help people here identify it? If it's electrical, you aren't looking at cable lash or length adjustment, but adjustment of an actuator assembly back near the outdrive. Others have...

The shift cable may need adjusting - it may be a part of the service manual for the outdrive, or for the remote control.

If you're unlucky, it may be something more complex. I'd go to Youtube and look for similar problems, like:

First thing I'd do is pull it out and check the connection, then check that the amplifier is powered, connected to the speaker, and receiving a signal (e.g., by plugging its input into another amplifier channel with a speaker and making sure there's sound there). This will help determine whether the...

Lifelongbtr wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:58 pm On mine, you have to press and hold the switch for a few seconds and that turns on the RGB lighting...The knob then controls the light level.

That sounds important - thanks for the info!