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I appreciate all the help :) I guess that I should give a little more info. I have an '89 36/38 Fever. I have tried the bag of water trick with no luck. I have even gone as far as filling the bilge with a few inches of water. I have tried all over the engine compartment and get no readings and this is while sitting in the water at the dock.

p4-33, thanks for the run-down on cutting through the coring. I think that I will find a spot and cut down to the outer hull and epoxy a piece of PVC in place and level the epoxy in the bottom of the PVC. Then place the puck in the PVC with mineral oil and cap the PVC (this came from a previous thread on another site).

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Hey Vinnie,

I am impressed with your expertise.... You can do it all...
My depthfinder was reading up to about 55mph..
Unfortunately, since our Greenport run all I get now are the prompts for the functions... It won't read at all... I found the transducer and it seems to be properly attached to the hull. I disconnected the power, hoping it would reset itself... NG,,
I don't have the instructions for the unit.. Maybe I can reset it, but the buttons just seem to set the alarms etc....


Duncan

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Bag of water trick doesnt work eh.......hmmm........Mine is an 89 also, although its a 29.........did you call Livorsi and see what they say???........doug

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Is the bottom muddy at your dock where your testing it.........if it is sometimes they wont work worth a damn...........doug

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My '94 27 had the PVC in the engine compartment. Don't know if it was just FG to the floor or if it was set into the hull. INstall was top notch work I got readings all the way up to 80mph. Only time it would not work was while in a turn.

Now, my '99 32 won't register ANY depth as soon as it is put in gear. I highly doubt I'm getting any air while at idle speed. ;) Worthless! Puck is epoxied to floor in engine compartment. Any ideas?

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Duncan,

With the unit powered on put your ear next to the transducer. It should click about once every second ... If it does than it is fine, if it doesn;t then the transducer is no good or there is no power going to it.

- Vinnie

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Vinnie,

Thanks for the guidance... I'll try it on Friday.. And let you Know....

Again, I appreciate your expertise and professionalism....


Duncan

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Livorsi says may not shoot through coring....remove coring.

Since the transducer cable is as long as it is, I put it in a bag of water and placed it in the bilge of the Searay next to me and it worked.

So....I have my weekend project ready for me.