Inside Lowrance..The real picture...

Well......

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The blue connector plug was broken from it position. Thin plastic

Fabricated this part from a plano box divider using a solder iron with a conical tip.

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Glued this part in with JB weld. Cleaned and roughened both surfaces before pressing the parts together.

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Fill the blue connector gap with marine rtv.

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Walla. You guys can do this. About 2 hours. Savings 150-200 bucks.

I will let the rtv cure a couple of days, then clean the unit up and go see if it works..

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PS

I can't tie jigs.

Frank will be proud of you.......:)

You'd never know theat repair was ever made. Looks good. BUT, I thought all depth finders were filled with some kind of gas or something?!?:confused::confused:

No. The display is self contained. It is inside the plastic housing. All the electronics is assembled at room temperature and are ambient air sealed. Cost too much to gas seal the complete unit especially over the units lifetime.

I haven't see any sonars assembled in years, but I doubt the assembly process has changed much. I could be wrong. Then again I can read Chinese either.

Also, the front glass is usually some type of glass filter in front of the lcd display. Most front glass screens have some type coating to help viewing in the sun. I cant remember all the details. Next time I take one apart, I will post some pictures. This is good to know stuff.

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Originally Posted by DonG

Frank will be proud of you.......:)

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Frank can't see to ties his shoes...Gotta help help him...:p




HELP!

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Originally Posted by Cane Pole

Frank can't see to ties his shoes...Gotta help help him...:p




HELP!

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EASY NOW ---YOU.LL BE OLD SOMEDAY--:):):)

PS

I can't tie jigs.

I refuse to believe that you, of all people, can't tie jigs:eek:. Don't want to buy all the gear, have never tried, don't have the time, don't have the room for all the junk; these I might believe. Gonna have to box up some stuff and come show ya how. It sure isn't rocket science. No pun intended.:D

Good job CP.

Bigtime. Only thing he'd have frownd on would be the lack of Duct tape and bailing wire. LOL Kinda looks like some of my first class rigging!!!

Makes me wonder why we can't get this level of help from the tech folks? Teleprompters are eroding self sufficiency. SEND IT IN.

I eat Teleprompter techs for breakfast. Theys kinda crunchy like Capt'n Crunch.

Just kidding folks.

JB weld is some tough stuff. My wife had her motorcycle helmet blow off the seat while we were in Montana in 1993. It broke the head set part that clamps onto the helmet. We couldn't find a new headset so I JBed it back together. We rode another 100k on that Gold Wing and then sold the whole works. That same headset clamp is still solid as a rock today. And it saved $190.