IRon

I sure like the older Sabre's. Great boat and worthy of a restoration. Looks like you're doing it up right and good job.

Take care of your boat and it'll take care of you. I like to see owners taking pride in a boat that just needs some TLC. You see so many times owners neglecting their boats and it drives me crazy. Your boat is an investment and can last for generations if properly cared for. And there's that feeling of accomplishment when you know you've made something better than it was originally. Good job and have fun with it.

Same here. I've got a '95/130 with the same VRO system. I've already had trouble with fuel delivery and had to rebuild the fuel pump side of it. I just don't trust the system on it after 17 years. I don't troll with it, I've got my 9.9 Evinrude for that and it's pre-mix. I think I'll just simplify it and make them both pre-mix for my own peace of mind.

Just on a little side note.... When I was a kid we used to take 2 canoes and run a couple of boards between them and C clamped them together and make a home made catamaran out of them. Talk about stable! We would use them a lot for spearing carp, just clamp some lights on the boards and were good to go for night time. Or you could just take 'em out mid day and horse around on them. 6 people at a time. You couldn't flip them over! We had a couple electrics we used or just poled/paddled them around. We didn't have a square stern, but it would have been perfect if we would have. Those were the days!

I have an aluminum boat also. It's a '95 Crestliner Eagle 22 footer with cuddy and walk around. Aluminum boats are great, light,easy to tow... I like mine, but don't think for a minute, just because they're aluminum that they're trouble free. There's a lot of things to be aware of before buying one. Most have wood floors, if it's over 15 years old chances are the floor has some deterioration some where. If you have to replace the floor (like I did) it's a major job. Welded boats sometimes develop cracks (like mine did) and leak and weld repairs aren't cheap or easy, usually. Riveted boats get stressed rivets and can leak, too. Leaky rivets/seams not an easy fix, usually. Then there's the other Achilles heel of aluminum boats, the transom. Yep, just like the floor, most are made of wood. Many over 15 or so YO have been exposed to water damage, and wow, another expensive/ time consuming repair. Imagine that. So if your wood deteriorates, you lose structural strength and then you have a cracked transom, (like mine did?)too. Some things to look/watch for if you own one or are buying used! Good luck in your quest.

It could be as simple as a bad plug or plugs. Pull the plugs and look at them first. If one is bad replace them all. Try again to determine if it's a single cylinder giving you trouble. If they're all fouled go from there.