Mineral Oil & 5200?

[randlemanboater]

Hey REEL, just brain storming here....what about mixing up a little resin to attach the pipe instead of 5200....no worries then.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by randlemanboater

Hey REEL, just brain storming here....what about mixing up a little resin to attach the pipe instead of 5200....no worries then.

Actually I was thinking along similar lines. Why not just epoxy the pipe in place? After all, it's the 'ducer (and the cost of it) that you're worried about being in the wrong place. Granted, the pipe will not be as easy to remove with epoxy as with 5200, but a hammer and a mini-grinder will make short work of it if it does need to be moved. And the epoxy is completely impervious to mineral oil after it's cured. As a safety net you could always run a bead of rtv around the outside bottom of the pipe where it meets the hull once the epoxy is set up.

[reelapeelin]

Randleman & Destroyer...Pobabaly should have done that, but she's been set in 5200 for several days now...I'll coat w/some sealer I just picked up and try 'er that way...if this DOESN'T work, I'll cut it out and epoxy it back in...

[rb437]

Did a search to see if I could find info on your transducer install. HDS5 is not reading depth :( Reel, your install does not seem to be the problem. I loosened the clamp on the lid and looked inside, the mineral oil is all present and accounted for. Ant thoughts on why I would get three dashes instead of a depth reading?

[spareparts]

three dashes indicate no signal to the head unit, either a bad transducer, a bad connection or a break in the transducer cable

[rb437]

Appreciate the diagnosis. Kinda what I was figuring. I tried a soft reset of the unit and that did not help. I would have thought that if the mineral oil was gone I would have gotten errattic and inaccurate readings instead of no reading at all. Oh well, one more thing one the to do list.