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Hello!

I just bought a 2001 Cobalt 263. Everything has been just fine until yesterday when the switch on the dash to open the engine hatch didnt work. I checked the circuit breakers under the dash and they are all in position. Mechanic told me to try and lift it manually but there is no way! Any ideas here?

CONGRATS on the new 263. You will love it. Battery has enough juice right? The hydraulic lifting rams take a lot of power to function. Sounds dumb but your pushing the switch in the right direction correct?

Well that’s a pain... But it will open manually.

Your gonna need two people to do this Safely.

At the top of the Hydraulic ram there is a fold extension in the event of ram failure.

It’s takes a ton of strength as it possibly is sticking in seperation.
Some even have a fold down rod attached.

Keep us posted as it’s with a under push breaker or the ram itself.

check the connections at the back of the switch under the dash, ours had a loose wire and wouldn't lower the engine cover after it just raised

cjmiller wrote: Sat Sep 19, 2020 9:21 am check the connections at the back of the switch under the dash, ours had a loose wire and wouldn't lower the engine cover after it just raised

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Thanks Cjm. She has a concurrent thread running here where I documented this process as well based on a faulty switch.

Two stout men can raise the hatch manually, but not one (unless he's a gorilla). My 292 uses hydraulics, and I'm not sure what your boat uses,, but if you have hydraulic lifts, be sure the fluid chamber is at the mark; they have a way of sneaking down without evidence of fluid in the bilge. I doubt that the electrical system is at fault; there are a bunch of older posts explaining the hydraulic problem. Bennett was very help to me, and I've learned to check the hydraulic fluid at the start of every season