That website doesn't seem to be working here, its ok in email, so I'll
cut and paste it again from there. Or, iff you want to contact me at my
email addy, I'll forward the website directly to you. Here goes again.
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http::www.funkopolis.com:8080/~stuart/cobra/

On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:55:44 -0400, N.L. Eckert wrote:


The interuptor switch that you're talking about is on top of the engine on
the stbd. side. Its not very big, but its in plain view. Here is a web
site that someone posted 2 years ago with very complete service data for
the Cobra engines. I wasn't able to cut it, so I wrote it down and here
it is, I hope I got it right.
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http:www.funcopolis.com:8080/~stuart/cobra/
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Try:

http://www.funkopolis.com:8080/~stuart/cobra/

On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 13:02:25 -0400, thunder
wrote:

On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:55:44 -0400, N.L. Eckert wrote:


The interuptor switch that you're talking about is on top of the engine on
the stbd. side. Its not very big, but its in plain view. Here is a web
site that someone posted 2 years ago with very complete service data for
the Cobra engines. I wasn't able to cut it, so I wrote it down and here
it is, I hope I got it right.
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http:www.funcopolis.com:8080/~stuart/cobra/
----------------------------------------------------

Try:

http://www.funkopolis.com:8080/~stuart/cobra/

I've been to Stuart's site. It has since moved to:

http://www.hastings.org/~stuart/cobra/index.html

This site really is wonderful when it comes to documenting the
problems associated with OMC Cobras. I don't know if my mechanical
skill will allow me to attempt the repair however. I guess I don't
have too myuch to lose. If I do a humpty-dumpty to my drive, I guess
I could always take all the pieces to a tech and have them put it back
together again.

Capt. Chaos wrote:
Just finished my first weekend of boating. Woo hoo. Lots of fun.
Maneuvering around the marina is a lot harder than it looks though. I
don't think the brakes on my boat work.
I need to change the oil in both the motor and outdrive. The previous
owner said he used synthetic. I've always run conventional oil in all my
machines, mostly cars and motorcycles with the practice of changing the
oil frequently. This practice has never failed. With the cost of
synthetic, I'd rather stick with conventional.
The motor is a 350. I was planning on using 10-40. Any problems with
this? Any other recommendations?
OMC Cobra outdrive. I have no idea what oil to use in this or how much?
Any problems either with the motor or outdrive going from synthetic back
to conventional?
The only problem I've experienced with the boat is that shifting between
foward, neutral, and reverse is a little bit harsh. I'm not sure if that
is normal since I've never driven any other boat before and have nothing
to compare it too. It goes into gear okay, but you have to use a fair
amount of force to do so. Boat is an '89 Dynasty runabout.
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Something else you need to lubricate every 50 hours or so. The Cobra
and Merc outdrives have grease zerks on the universal joints that need
to be greased every year. With the OMC its a 3 man job unless you
have a means of supporting the lower unit. 2 to hold it up and the
third to push it back into the splines.

Welcome to carefree boating....Norm