Universal sonar 2 question

**J White** · 09-28-2009, 07:15 AM

Anybody here had one just quit working? How did it go, gradually
or all at once?

Mine just quit yesterday, like it lost bottom. Turned it off and on,
cleaned bottom of transducer, wiggled all the connections, reset defaults,
no change.

Swapped unit to another transducer and it worked fine. Tried the other unit
on this one, nothing. All the connections are clean and shiny, I ended up
taking the cable ends out of the mount and plugging diectly onto the head
unit, no difference.

Funny, but I can put my ear down by the transducer
and hear it clicking away, but it won't find bottom or show any return

**wannabe fisherman** · 09-28-2009, 02:20 PM

I'l be interested to hear the answer to that one as I have a old Lowrance X3 that has a thru hull transducer and it can't find bottom either.

**Cane Pole** · 09-28-2009, 04:26 PM

Simple answer guys. The water is too deep, no return.:rolleyes:

**Cane Pole** · 09-28-2009, 04:29 PM

My scientific estimate would be that the crystal is cracked and not sending or receiving. it can still "thump" with a crack in it, but no telling what the transmitted frequency may be, if any.

**J White** · 09-28-2009, 05:09 PM

Well, water was around 31' when it went "poof" but I got up into 5' or
so while trying to troubleshoot it. Gonna check ONE more thing before
I give up, I'm thinking there is a connector on the cable in the head of
the tm, gonna look and make sure it is connected, clean.
If no luck there, looks like I'm in the market for a transducer

**Cane Pole** · 09-28-2009, 05:26 PM

Check with these guys Jeff and see if they sell a universal sonar kit.

Minn Kota Motor Quick Reference Page - Minnkota Parts - Buy Minn Kota Motors - Minn Kota Accessories - Minn Kota Repair Kits - Minn Kota Parts Diagrams They yanks, but they speak a somewhat comprehensive language.

**slabby joe** · 09-28-2009, 09:07 PM

I have the universal sonar on my minnkota and it started showing intermittent bottom signals, sometimes with blank spaces in between. I took it to a guy here in kc mo. and he just replaced it for about 150$. I figured trying to thread cables through the shaft housing was out of my limited mech. abilites. Good luck!

**Billbob** · 09-29-2009, 09:16 AM

what do YOU mean cant understand yanks cp

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