1995 Cobalt 252 consolidated revitalization and fix-up thread

[AsLan7]

Is that brown water in there???

[Big Block Power]

Looks good and back in action. What lights were on it before?
I think that's lake havasu sand yet?

[AsLan7]

Hey nice job getting your outdrive back into tiptop shape so fast, t550!

[thunder550]

Thanks! It's rusty water in there. No bueno.

Got a dash panel done with vinyl wrap today. Learned a few things, it's not perfect but it looks better than the faded wood does. Going to go ahead and do the rest as time permits. I'll be interested to see how this stuff holds up.

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[Big Block Power]

It looks good from here.

[AsLan7]

Wow...I agree. Great transformation on that right side. Well worth the effort. Looking forward to a before and after pic of the entire dash.

[thunder550]

I was hoping to get a couple more panels done today but spent the day working on the fuel system instead. Oh well.

I did order a new steering wheel to compliment the wrapped dash panels. Hopefully it will look ok and have a decent color match.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-OEM-Gussi- ... 2588489363

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[Driller]

Nice. That ought to look great with the dash.

[Ytmsn]

That's great! I was thinking how much better it would look with a new steering wheel! That will really change the look.

This is the one I have waiting for boat bling day. I almost ordered one just like yours!

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[thunder550]

Sweet, that should look great!

[Big Block Power]

Those will look sharp guys
"Pot The Jus"

[thunder550]

SeaDek pads arrived today. Steering wheel will be here Thursday. Fuel pump shipped yesterday but no tracking updates since 5pm EST yesterday, so no idea when it will be here. It's still showing as Received, Pending Acceptance, whatever that means.

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[AsLan7]

SeaDek pads arrived today. Steering wheel will be here Thursday. Fuel pump shipped yesterday but no tracking updates since 5pm EST yesterday, so no idea when it will be here.

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Excellent. Great to see the lines going with the hull and not horizontally “against the grain” so to speak.

[cmattj]

SeaDek pads arrived today. Steering wheel will be here Thursday. Fuel pump shipped yesterday but no tracking updates since 5pm EST yesterday, so no idea when it will be here. It's still showing as Received, Pending Acceptance, whatever that means.

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Geeeze .. why the slow progress?? Haaaa.. your like a 30min HGTV fixer upper show.. very motivating pal..!! Nice job!!

Btw pending acceptance means there reading your post here!!!

[thunder550]

I've said it before, but I'm not very patient when it comes to knocking out projects. I have a "to do" list, and I don't like it when that list is long

The plan for this weekend is to put the pads on, get the fuel pump installed (assuming it arrives by then) and make sure the engine still runs after everything I took apart last weekend, pull the old steering wheel off, wrap the panel the steering shaft goes through, and install new steering wheel. May try to wrap additional panels if time allows.