I worked for Mercruiser in Stillwater, love seeing an engine and drive that came out of the plant! I always wonder when I see a boat in the year range I worked there if I had my hands on that motor at one point. In the cafeteria we had the engine covers from over the years on the walls being used at light shades, it was pretty cool.

Ben, you’re one of my favorite creators. Looks like a solid build there. Don’t forget to scope the manifolds!

16:09 why not use a router if you dont have a jig?

are you gonna put a wake tower on it?

been longing to work on my boat for almost 2 months now but cant since the vehicle i use for towing is needs a bunch of work done.. this video helps me cope a bit better with these boat withdrawals im facing! thanks for this video (and the previous one!)

Cool video. Keep up the great work. Much love to ya from Maryland❤❤❤

Might check the exhaust manifolds as well, they will sometimes crack internally and allow water into the exhaust and cylinders. Just a thought.

Who cracked it ? I bought a 2004 boat where PO had cracked the 4.3 , only 37 hrs on engine ruined it.

Its appreciated! Please keep up the good work and excellent production.

Great video, keep up the good work

Thats some good work 👍🏻 Make me miss my old Nautique seeing your boat.

Looks like a good start! Hope it comes together for you. I tend to run the engine on blocks before I install. Much easier to fix small leaks or alignment things outside the boat than inside.

This is impressive. So are you a mechanic full time?

Every time he starts these boats not hooked to water; I die a little inside 😢

Great video, Ben. That is a nice boat. I have been looking for a Cobalt boat like yours. Do you still have the boat?

did you turn it over to fill the oil filter before you checked the dipstick?

It needs carb work!!

If the block has JB in it, really doesn’t matter if the engine spins. Good content, enjoying it 👍🏼

Ben, great video. Question for you on fiberglassing the hole in transom. Why did you not overlap the fiberglass onto the hull, instead just did circle patches? I would think the patches would be stronger with overlap, although certainly less pretty.

problem with all bayliners is they used green wood when they were built. the stringers are probably dryrotted. seen more than one over the years spin the engine over and go thru the bottom of the hull. sink pretty fast , the green wood drys out and there is a separation of the fiberglass they put over the engine mounts. wish you luck with it

Caleld quadra junks for a reason... REgardless, there is a tension screw in the underside of the shaft for the secondary, how you slow down the opening of the second butterflies. They get wear and loosen up, and create the quadrajunk bog....

great video! cant wait to see the rest of your videos on this boat.

Just sold my 1982 CS7 and thus is making me miss it already! I’ve got a 19BR cobalt you need to fix up like this one

Hey man not sure if it’s you or affiliated but there’s a TikTok account speeding up your vids and reposting them with some slight editing monetized too just a heads up love the content figured I’d find the source lol

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.

Great Video ! I just bought a 1982 Bayliner 2270 Explorer because it was all I could afford and I liked the way it looks . You got a great boat ! The last year of the Orin Edson Bayliners . The history of Bayliner is very interesting with it's beginnings in hydroplanes . They knew how to make a great hull and had all the fiberglass delivered right to the factories by railroad cars so they had all they wanted . When Orin Edson sold the company in 1986 Bayliner was the worlds largest recreational boat manufactuer . Can't wait to see you open that up on the water . Looks like a very fast skater . The Bayliner Capri was the first boat sold as a boat , motor & trailer package . It was also the National Marine Manufactuers Association BOAT OF THE YEAR the year it came out as a complete package . Just like the Bass Pro Bass Tracker , boat motor trailer package . Have you noticed how they say CLASSIC right on the sides of those ? yeah, I like my Bayliner ! Great Video I'll watch more .

Just did this on a 1998 Maxum. Got a great deal, great interior, scuff from docks on the gel coat, frozen motor. Built another 350 for it and got it on the water. Looking forward to see how you tackle this.

wow, the interrior is perfect for its age!

Nice work!

You are a great teacher. Enjoying these vids greatly for the learning.

That sound is more than likely the pds bearings. You have to pull the motor to replace them. One comes out the back and one out the front. I always replace with sealed bearings.

Great find. Should keep you on the water for quite a while.

that is one good lookin boat would love to see this done on a budget!

Really nice boat !!

Great video! Can’t wait to see it on the water !

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.

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.

Nice project boat! It's always fun to see "will it crank?" kind of videos

It was obvious from your very first video of this series that there's a carb issue (notice the black smoke from the first time you got it running, AND the black sooted spark plugs). Rebuild it, should be easy as it's just a marine-grade Quadrajet. And the cylinder(s) that were seized are giving a lot of blowby. That block is on borrowed time LOL.

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I love your videos!

Ahhhhh...the true side of boating! That feeling of OMG whats it doing now even though it did everything correctly on the drive at home!

Ben! What part of Lanier you launching at just kinda restored a 93 searay BR. I could help out with those restorations! lol I usually launch on the south part of the lake. But I have a friend who owns a house on the north end. Great videos btw

I'm curious to see what those compression numbers are. It almost sounded like you had a busted valve spring and the engine had to "carry" that cylinder. I wouldn't even bother trying to fix that carb. New marine carbs from Summit will save you a lot of time and frustration. Looking forward to the next video!

Great content Ben. Keep up the hard work and dedication towards the channel. Much love to ya from Maryland❤❤❤

If your leak is truly the ujoint bellow, then that gimbal might be locking up and not doing you any favors for letting it idle.

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