FINALLY Cleaning the Blue Cobalt! Detail, Impeller & more! Boat Restoration Project Part 2

[@nasanction]

In the first video, you showed of the trim in operation, It looked like they were operating against each other. I suspect one side of the hydrolic lines are put on backwards.

[@gtadriftz31]

love the videos man🔥

[@scottmassey4330]

Can’t wait for more. Bought the same boat (in red), in 1988.

[@bensboats]

More on the way!

[@bennyverhelle]

Hi Ben ,more Cobalt videos please ...I bought the same (Condurre 203 1988) as a restoration project. Hope to see your progress soon. Love from Belgium

[@bensboats]

That's awesome! Hope your project went well. Part three is in the works!

[@Captain12Davey]

Hey bud, enjoyed your video. Just want to give you a little help . You need to get a 5 gallon jug of clean gasoline next time and run the engine on the clean gasoline. Most likely have plug all the carb jets with the dirty gas . If you take better protocol at these projects, you’ll save a lot more money.

[@bensboats]

That's helpful!

[@Captain12Davey]

@@bensboats I just get a spare fuel line and just plumb it right in with the 5 gallon tank the fuel pump will draw right from the 5 gallon tank

[@jasonblakeley3499]

We run 30wt non detergent oil in the trim pumps rather than Trans fluid. Purge the system and take the time to get the old stuff out. Good luck. They don't like sitting for 1 there are other issues that occur once the change was done it's had zero issues I picked mine up after it had sat for 15 years. That was 3 years ago and has worked flawlessly since changing to old school Dino oil. Good luck!

[@bensboats]

Thanks for sharing!

[@christianwalker7313]

Love the video ! Love all your content !

[@bensboats]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@melvinrawlings1457]

Hell yea I love your channel and content brother. Much love to ya from Maryland❤❤❤

[@bensboats]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@jeffwalker7640]

Good video! Hopefully lake test goes good.

[@bensboats]

Stay tuned!

[@brianmooney7009]

So glad i found you channel Ben. Great content and your just a genuine nice person. Also very knowledgeable 😊Brian Seaford long island (Also a boat person)

[@bensboats]

Thanks for stopping by! Boating near long island must be wild compared to my freshwater lake adventures lol

[@Harleydogcrownline]

Pull the pump out of the hold and dump out all of the old fluid. When it sits the fluid can turn to thick snot like clumps and the pump can't move thru the system. Hopefully it didn't get in the rams or you have to pull them apart.

[@bensboats]

That's a good tip. I'll try this out, thanks!

[@andreireal9158]

A question not related to this project - why use petrol karcher? In a mobile cleaning that makes sense, but since you are washing in your driveway and using the hose from the water supply, why not to use electric one? Maybe the video didn't catch it right but the spray seems weaker than from an electric k5-k7 models.

[@bensboats]

Yeahhhhh its not a great pressure washer, but it gets the job done!

[@bradwren9924]

Yeah, it’s not the carburetor you got blow by like that just pull the engine rebuild at the rings or toast…👍👍👍

[@noobish70]

The hydrolic ram looks like one going out and the other going in probably one is plugged backwards

[@Scottinqc]

that looks like what I was seeing as well...... could also be a check valve at the pump assembled wrong..... had that on one of my boats.... trim pump did diddly squat, until I pulled it apart and reassembled it correctly

[@bensboats]

Yeah I saw that when replaying the footage..... I think there's a chance one ram was replaced before I got the boat. The starboard ram is slightly different than the portside. I'm wondering if someone swapped the lines at the distribution block on the bottom of the transom assembly

[@Scottinqc]

@@bensboatsthat’s about the only place to swap them…… and wouldn’t be the first time someone screwed it up, and just left it for someone else to discover years later…….

[@noobish70]

@@bensboats 👍 Cant wait to see it on the water

[@Roper-wn1xu]

FIRST

[@bradwren9924]

Hate to say it son but when you have blow by like that, your rings are done, so pull the engine out and rebuild it. That’s your best bet. Other than that you’re wasting your time. Good luck.

[@bensboats]

You'd be surprised....Stay tuned for part three coming soon!