Mounting Humminbird transducer in Stealth 14? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

da22y · 03-13-2011, 08:54 PM

The fishfinder company should hire you to write the instruction booklet !

Easy to understand in plain English.

Cleared my long time questions.

Thank you !

Danny

bubblehide · 03-13-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by da22y

The fishfinder company should hire you to write the instruction booklet !

Easy to understand in plain English.

Cleared my long time questions.

Thank you !

Danny

And to think that some people complain about the "length and unnecessary content" of Jim's posts. Perhaps they simply get lost it the Complexity

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ctious · 07-28-2011, 12:13 PM

just installed a threaded thru hull in my stealth 14... let me tell u .... cutting a hole that size messes with your head... and picking the right spot to put the hole was even worse... i checked and rechecked for 45 mins before i cut the hole... but now that its done its sweet... flush clean and works amazing... i will never mount a transducer any other way again...

Kailolo · 10-02-2011, 08:10 PM

The grease mount performed very well. It showed stuff in 120 feet of saltwater that I've never seen before. Used SuperLube, which some one else had suggested. It appears to be about the consistency of the lube provided by Humminbird in their in-hull mounting kits. I tried eco-friendly lithium grease from West Marine, but ti was very thick and tended to get chunky.

I simply used foam to create a tight-fitting well for the transducer. Gooped it down. Coated the well bottom and transducer bottom and sides of transducer. Inserted transducer into the well, push down, jiggle. Press down with a plug of foam. I might glue velcro to the foam well to strap over and hold down the foam plug. Signal is as good as when I hang the transducer over the side of the yak.

03-13-2011, 08:54 PM	#1
da22y Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 265	Great info , Thanks ! The fishfinder company should hire you to write the instruction booklet ! Easy to understand in plain English. Cleared my long time questions. Thank you ! Danny

10-02-2011, 08:10 PM	#4
Kailolo Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 64	Grease Mount Update The grease mount performed very well. It showed stuff in 120 feet of saltwater that I've never seen before. Used SuperLube, which some one else had suggested. It appears to be about the consistency of the lube provided by Humminbird in their in-hull mounting kits. I tried eco-friendly lithium grease from West Marine, but ti was very thick and tended to get chunky. I simply used foam to create a tight-fitting well for the transducer. Gooped it down. Coated the well bottom and transducer bottom and sides of transducer. Inserted transducer into the well, push down, jiggle. Press down with a plug of foam. I might glue velcro to the foam well to strap over and hold down the foam plug. Signal is as good as when I hang the transducer over the side of the yak.

07-28-2011, 12:13 PM	#3
ctious Junior Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1	just installed a threaded thru hull in my stealth 14... let me tell u .... cutting a hole that size messes with your head... and picking the right spot to put the hole was even worse... i checked and rechecked for 45 mins before i cut the hole... but now that its done its sweet... flush clean and works amazing... i will never mount a transducer any other way again...