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Re: Where does the water come out????
I am not sure on a 1990 but on my 1984 it comes out of the back of the motor. It actually loks like a nose wth two nostrals on the upper half of the lower unit. Here is a pic of the area.
I hope tha helps.
Re: weep hole
I have a 1984 125hp which I used many parts from a 1984 85hp to rebuild, and my weep holes are on the rear of the motor on the upper half of the lower unit. There are two holesz that look like a nose sticking out. The two 85hp's I had were the same. Here is a pic of mine, I hope...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Thanks for the advice proshadetree. I was thinking that I might as well go ahead and just put new wood in because eighther way this area is right nex to where the new stringers are going in so it will be getting three layers of 1708 anyway when I glass...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Sorry I have not posted the rest of last weekends work. I have been really busy this week working on other poeples boats. Here is a pic of th boat I am currenty detailing.
Okay, so after findng this new rotten wood I needed to take out my frustration...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Hey verybody, I was just wondering if anyone can answer my last question about the wood that I found in the strakes of my boat? Do I need to replace this half inch triangle piece piece of wood or can I just glass the trench it was in. Here's a couple...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Here is the pic of one of those globs of glass and resin after I ground off the top. I thought it was solid but this is what I found.
Then if that wasn't enough while I was trying to level this big bubble I found more wet wood that I did not even...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
After stalling as much as I could, I was ready to get in the boat and start cutting and grinding
:facepalm:. The first thing I did was to cut out all the stringers on the port side with the exception o the one outer stringer that I had already replaced...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Alright so here are the first couple things that I got done on Sunday.
I figured that I might as well get some dreaded grinding done. So to get in the mood I decided to start by grinding the top piece of the transom and the splashwell piece that I had...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Okay now for the third and final bulkhead. It is the forward most bulkhead and it is just forward of the ski locker hatch,and because it is in the ski locker it does not go down to the hull. It pretty much just braces the two main stringerfs together...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
These are some pics of the finished template and how I had the measurement board secured to the template.
I may change the cut out for the drain tube from fiting so close to the drain tube and just cut a 3 to 4 inch arch to keep water from getting...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Thanks proshadetree, I will keep them coming.
I wanted to try to make as many part as I could ahead of time so that when I am ready for them they are already cut and ready to install. Plus I am probably stalling all that grinding I am going to have to...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
After I had looked over the boat for about two hours, I decided to cut into the main stringers near the bow to see if I may be able to get the old stringer out in god enough shape to be able to use them as a template to get the curve of the bow onto the...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Hey guys, I did not get to go to the boat today so I figured I could atleast try and get some of the stringers ready to put in the boat. Here is a picture of my 5 month old Daughter Keirsten helping me shape the transom knees for the two main stringers...
Re: 82 Bayliner Capri aka Project Boat
Hello and welcome to iboats. I am currently restoring a 1988 bayliner cobra and found pretty much the same stuff when I started that you guys are finding in your boat. As I started tearing it apart to fix the problem areas I found that almost everything...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Okay here is the rest of what I got done this weekend. I could not do any fiber glassing with the angle irons and threaded rods on the transom so I had to wait until the next day so I could let the epoxy and mat cure before I removed the bolts and...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Okay, after a couple of weeks of reading posts and planing I finally decided to grow a pair and just do it. The following two posts are what I got done this weekend.
First of all I finally got the transom cut, dry fitted (close enough to original). I...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Okay, so I took off work a little early today and thought that I would get some work on the boat done. I looked a little closer to the area in the bilge pump area and found that there was a piece of rotted wood under the gell coat that needed to be...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Alright, man I have had a busy couple of days. Any how here is a little more that I got accomplished last weekend.
The next thing I did was ruff cut the stringers. I forgot to take pictures of the stringers but there are 2 stringers on each side of...
Re: Project "Cheap Bass Asstroglass"
I think you did really good on your choice to buy that boat you got a good deal. My only question is how you checked the transom. Mine seemed really strong also but I drilled a hole in it to check and this is what I found.
It was so rotted on the bottom...
Re: 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 restoration.
Hello everyone, I have got some updates for those of you that are reading my thread. I did not get much done this weekend. I wish I was not so scared of starting the fiberglass, I just want to make sure it is done the right way. But anyway here is what...
