Adding second fishfinder needing help

[skeeterman]

Ok guys i removed my fishfinder from my old boat.And i am trying to add it to my new boat up front.Will i have to add the transducer to the rear or is there a connection that i can splice into the transducer cable that i already have.I have a hummingbird 565 on my boat now and am trying to add a hummingbird 400tx to the front.

[flfireman]

Just mount it to the trolling motor. Maybe Zook will pop in on this. He has a contraption he uses to keep it from breaking.

[1FASTLASER]

2 seperate units your trying to run there. Personally you need the front transducer put on the front of the boat. That way your looking at the bottom under the boat not to the rear of you.

[Cranebird]

I agree with Laser.

[bassdaddy]

Originally Posted by skeeterman

Ok guys i removed my fishfinder from my old boat.And i am trying to add it to my new boat up front.Will i have to add the transducer to the rear or is there a connection that i can splice into the transducer cable that i already have.I have a hummingbird 565 on my boat now and am trying to add a hummingbird 400tx to the front.

i don't think you can splice,,you will want to go and get you a puck for the troll motor

[jasonfish320]

I also believe that Humminbird has a free transducer trading policy so if you need to trade a transom mount for the puck style you just need to mail it in... humminbird customer service is: 1-800-633-1468

[skeeterman]

Ok thanks guys!!! Now im on the right track lol

[zooker]

yep troller mounted transducer on the 400. i know you can buy a mount on kit for the front using your transome transducer. but the kit IS plastic and last till you hit a stump but good. i have broke 4 mounts in less than a year till i made my currant one. it has been on my troller for 5 years it has not broke -this is the 4th depth finder to use it.. cost is less than $10 for the mount..

basicly it is a 12" piece of 1/4-20 threaded rod. two hose clamps. and three 1/4" nylon lockin nuts..



i have had over 100 pounds of hydrilla wrapped around this mount and it did not break..



once you get a depth finder up front you'll wonder how you fished with out one..


zooker

[lunker-lander]

Is this mount in coordination with the Cuda, Zook?

-Lunk-

[bassdaddy]

hey zooker,,tell me more about that jeep back there,,i'm am a jeep guy,,love the old ones......................is it for sale

[skeeterman]

Thanks Zooker i will have to make me one like that.Can i mount the temp sensor there also?

[zooker]

skeeter
the new transducers have the built in temp gauge so it is all ONE unit..

ll
at the time of the pictures no it had a pirahna 5 on it then -i hit it with a jig- and the cuda is on it now..

daddy
that was my jeep 2 door wagoneer had a 402 moter in it and all time 4 wheel drive. it sat for several years i sold it recently for $500 it was in good shape for a 78 no rust..

zooker

[bamabassman]

yes i agree with the gang. mine is on the trolling motor and the other is in back.

[BERKLEY83]

Hey Bass Pro Shop Sales One Too. Mounts To Your Transducer Two The Trolling Motor. It Is Called A Portiabl Mount It Does The Same Thing Zooks Did For I Think Like $20.00 Bucks. Mounts To The Shaft Of The Trolling Motor.

[BERKLEY83]

Here Is The Mount Bass Pro Has

[zooker]

berkley
i tried that one. same problem the plastic just is not strong enough to handle my kind of abuse..

zooker

[BERKLEY83]

O Cool I Have One Never Used. Still In My Garage I Use The One That Came With My Depth Finder

[skeeterman]

I purchased this last week and im waiting on it to arrive now.Hopefully it will come today.I hope it works.If not what ever breaks im going take it to my job and replace the part with aluminum or something laying around the shop.It might not me pretty to look at. But i will make it work lol

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...TODAY.m238.lVI

[BERKLEY83]

Hey Skeeter I Got One Like That With My Garman Works Great For Me Best Of Luck

[Buzz Wing]

Originally Posted by zooker

yep troller mounted transducer on the 400. i know you can buy a mount on kit for the front using your transome transducer. but the kit IS plastic and last till you hit a stump but good. i have broke 4 mounts in less than a year till i made my currant one. it has been on my troller for 5 years it has not broke -this is the 4th depth finder to use it.. cost is less than $10 for the mount..

basicly it is a 12" piece of 1/4-20 threaded rod. two hose clamps. and three 1/4" nylon lockin nuts..



i have had over 100 pounds of hydrilla wrapped around this mount and it did not break..



once you get a depth finder up front you'll wonder how you fished with out one..


zooker

Zooker, after reading your paragraph thoroughly, I think I have it figured out.

Are you threading the rod through the holes where the bolt would normally go through the transducer? Is there a certain method you have to employ as to making sure the transducer is looking directly below the boat? How exactly do you 'lock' the transducer in place?

-Buzz

[zooker]

second picture down shows the location of the locking nuts.. -it is burry- you place one on the inside one in between the arms and one on the out side of the transducer. the inside and middle nuts should be fairly tight which keeps the transducer from moving..

zooker

[Buzz Wing]

Thanks, Zook. But now that I look closely at my TM, I can't use this method. See my post title, "Help!!!"...

-Buzz