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Hey guys, I have a 1989 Bass Tracker boat that came with an in-dash Humminbird Ultra Sounder depth finder/flasher. The transducer cable is broken off right at the transducer. Do any of you know where I could get another 'ducer?
.....and yes, I do have modern electronics but I would still like to see the old dash unit in working order
Thanks for any info, t00lmanii
Can you post a picture of the transducer cable end that plugs into the unit so I can see the pin configuration ...??
Rickie
ok...here goes....attempt to post pics, lol.Attachment 315925
Attachment 315926 ….and here is the flasher.
Unfortunately that's not a xducer cable end for any the various HB xducers I have ...
Ebay may be your best bet ...
Rickie
Rickie, do you have any idea what frequency the transducer should be? Cutting xducer cable is something not suggested to do, but I have done it in the past. I was given an old Eagle unit once that had a severed cable. I spliced it back together and seemed to work OK. Worse case scenario will have me attempting to splice this connector to another xducer.......I'm in the dark as to what signal it needs to be.
Thanks again for your help, t00lmanii
Last time I had to find an oldie I searched amazon and eBay. What I wanted wasn't listed but I contacted some dealers I saw selling old fish finder stuff. Didn't take long to find at I wanted...
I cannot find any info on this unit or possible transmit frequencies ...Quote:
Originally Posted by t00lmanii
It shouldn't hurt the unit to experiment with any 2d xducer ...
At best it may work fine ... At worst it may not give good returns (an xducer designed for a frequency that the unit does not transmit just results in poor vibration of the piezo = poor echo returns) ...
Do you have any xducers that you may want to try ...??
Rickie
I may have one. Will look tomorrow.
This looks like it. No goo leaking and that’s a spider web by the pivot bolt. It has several scuffs but looks serviceable.
I may have one. I have an bold flasher. Will look tomorrow day light.
Ok I’ll put it back in the junk pile.
Hmmm. Tried to edit post abd I deleted it.
Flint, don't throw it on the junk pile. How much crappie bait do you want for? I would be interested in it. Let me know, please. Toolmanii
Ok, I’ll PM ya and we will work it out.
If you are back in action that is great....Otherwise when my old in dash round flasher went belly up I spent about $100 and bought a Lorance replacement....Works great while motoring....
Snagged, I will keep that in mind. Flint has one in the mail on its' way here to me, so I am hopeful that takes care of it. In the meantime, I experimented on the one I have with the broken cable. I used a pencil die grinder to cut away at the filler material that contains the puck. I carefully removed the puck from the cork lining which surrounds it, and soldered the cable back to it. Pretty straight forward......I think. Anyway, resealed the puck back into the transducer body and will try it on my next days off. Here is a pic of the repaired (questionable) transducer.
Attachment 316275
Hope it works for you,I would certainly give you EEE for effort.....
I will look for my old xducer and if I can find it you are welcome to it as well.....
If it’s ticking and clicking it will probably work. Generally if you hold the ducer three feet above a hard surface and get a bottom reading of six or so feet it is working.
I'm new, so I'm still learning so forgive me if I have posted this in error. I'm looking forva humminbird dash mount depth finder like the one in this picture. Mine broke, and can not find a manual to tempt to fix it.Attachment 467712