1999 Cobalt 232 restoration

[AsLan7]

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Way to breathe new life into those Polk grills and hull BtS!

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[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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[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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[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.

[jbteehee]

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!!

[baktasht]

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!

[AsLan7]

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!!

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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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[baktasht]

Some tuneup parts arrived today. New OEM Mercruiser/Quicksilver distributor cap, rotor, ignition wires, and fuel filter.

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[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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[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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[Big Block Power]

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.

[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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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.

[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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[AsLan7]

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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[akorcovelos]

Nice video