I guess I'm too rough on her!!! But I don't want to spend the stupid money for a factory replacement, especially one that just hangs there waiting to break again. I remember people saying that they just put a regular cooler in there and popped a drain in. Any cooler suggesstions???

I just broke mine last weekend too! The coolers are junk!!! They have no support what so ever. I barely had anything in mine. If you figure out what works please let me know. Thanks

broke my cooler memorial day. i threw it out and am not going to replace it

on my third. No bottom support, I placed a stack of towels folded and then installed. Thinking of a styrofoam pallet of some design for a permanent fix. What a chit deal.

I purchased a small igloo cooler from West Marine (20-24qt),
along with a piece of white 1/2" starboard and made my own built in cooler.

First remove the cooler hatch/cover, then the cooler and then the starboard trim.

You will need to remove the new cooler handles as well as the drain. The drain hole will need to be enlarged to accomodate the drain fitting and drain hose from the Fountain cooler, this way it drains just like the factory cooler.

You will also need to cut your new piece of starboard to the right size to fit in where you removed the old factory starboard trim piece. You can use the factory one as a template for overall size and hole location, but will need to locate and cut the oppropiate size cut out for the new cooler, this piece only holds the cooler from sliding around.

Once the cooler is done as well as the new starboard trim piece, set them in place. Look under the cooler and measure the space between the cooler bottom and the black plywood Fountain installs, you will need to make a wood brace/spacer which you can screw into place to support the cooler from underneath. I used a piece of 3/4" plywood.

I don't know if my instructions make any sense so I will take some pictures next weekend and post them so you can see the installation.

It looks like it came from the factory and works great, I had it full last summer at the East Chicago poker run and it did not break.

Also, I should be at the Chicago Power Boat run next weekend if you want to see it firsthand.

got pics??? I just bought the plumbing for the drain yesterday and have been looking at regular coolers and such.

I broke mine as well but on the new one I just put the 3/4 plywood support under the factory cooler and it has held up so far!!!! BZ

Its a Fountain, what did you expect! Ok, joking aside, ask SLBoatdrinks about his magic cooler...I think you will find his info valuable.

Todd, looks like you got that cooler situation all dialed in. Lookin forward to seeing you at our photo shoot saturday.

Pictures of my cooler installed, I could not figure out how to post just the pictures so they are attached.