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- Candlewood Lake
- Year of DOO:
- 2008
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- Speedster 150
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- Rotax 4-TEC SCIC
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In Topic: Speedster 150 depth finder tranducer
25 October 2011 - 07:07 PM
lr17, on 20 September 2011 - 08:04 PM, said:I just purchased the OEM depth finder transducer for a 2008 speedster 150. The instructions are definitely lacking, but is fairly easy to install with the correct epoxy. The problem is dealers in this area have no clue about how to retrofit the transducer and the dealer many states away where I ordered the unit from is just as bad having never installed one. I called Seadoo and they will not help on any technical info and direct you to call a dealer even though the dealers are basically clueless. I know where to mount the transducer in the engine compartment. The question that I have is that do i level out the area under the gel pad with the expensive epoxy required. No one can tell me if the gel pad contacts the boat hull directly or do I need to smooth the area under the pad. The epoxy is needed to mount the base. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My other concern is once I install everything will the dealer know how to do the minute of programming!
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Kdog's solution is good for non-OEM transducers. The one in my 150 is mounted this way: The epoxy is used to mount the outer ring to the hull, you will want to "freshen" the mating surface with sandpaper. The gel pad is the interface between the transducer and the hull (much like Kdog's mineral oil). The gel pad fits inside the ring, under the transducer. The transducer attaches to the ring. BTW, mine was installed by the dealer, and the epoxy failed after 1 year of hard riding. I reattached it with MarineTex, it has been good since.
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