Humming bird pirahna 215 max fitment to profish 45

[kriso]

Hey fella's

spent some time on the yak gettin it ready for the hinze trip!

i bought a sounder off ebay for around $130 landed if i rember correctly. was fitting it today and thought i would take some pics to show how i did it. first photo is the transducer hole on the profish. [img size=374]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/transducer_hole_AFO.jpg

[kriso]

you have to modify the transducer by removing the eyelet for normal mounting to a bracket you can see how a have ground it off the top. [img size=374]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/modified_transducer_AFO.jpg

[kriso]

you then need a good sealent with adhesive properties, dont use ultra grey cause its a gasket purpose only sealant and wont work to well, the best for this is sikaflex pro. you can choose what colour you want then i used grey cause my yak is grey and white! [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/sikaflex_AFO.jpg

[kriso]

but a decent bead in the transducer well and fit the transducer. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/tranducer_fitted_AFO.jpg

[kriso]

flip the yak over, it helps to make a prop that fits in the well that holds the tranducer cable putting pulling pressure on it to help it seal and stick i used a piece of cork blok that i put a hole in with a slot so when pushed in the hole created a tight grip, then i added sealent around it to stop water coming up. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/cork_bung_AFO.jpg

[kriso]

i wanted to have the unit removable so i have mounted it this way there are diffrent options like alex face mounted his, it just comes down to what your comfortable with. here she is u pand running. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/completed_AFO.jpg

[STU]

very clever macgyver haha nah good stuff Kriso

[shortie]

Good job Kriso. Its good to see a how to thread. keep em coming. If ya got that many fish on the sounder in ya garage you are going to clean up a Hinze.

Richard.

[fishyman]

thanks for that mate i plan to get a sounder for mine soon.

really helped thanks

[STU]

Just a tip Kriso take the sounder off fish id and have it so you see archs instead because fish id can be misleading showing things like weed up as fish but its up to you.

[kriso]

thanks mate i will give it ago, never had a sounder before so any tips will be appricated when it comes to using them

[STU]

I will suss it out with you at the camp mate give you a run down then you can show where the fish are haha

[kriso]

hahah deal!

[kriso]

oh and i forgot with the amount of sikaflex to fill the gaps i reckon leave it for about 24hrs minimum with 48 being optimal!

[Terry H]

Kriso: when doing internal installations I usually like at least 3 days for the sika to 'set'

Granted that's a bit more sika than what you are using.

[kriso]

your right terry i checked mine after 48hrs and still little soft so 3-4 would be best with the amount of sika used to do this job

[benno573]

the nighttime humidity wouldn't be helping at the moment either.

[kriso]

i just hope when i get home and check it she's just about done !

[shortie]

I hope it is set or we will be hearing glug glug help tomorrow.