08-03-2012, 06:39 AM
Bought the Cabelas strap on mount for my Fishin Buddy 110 and had a bunch of issues. Would not allow the finder to set down inside of the cup and wobbled like crazy. Found the dimensions not to be the same as the BFT-1 model made by Hummingbird which solves the upper fit but where the transducer wand pokes out the bottom still has wiggle. To fix this a piece of foam pipe insulation that looks like a basic brown smaller diameter pool noodle toy wrapped around the wand and pushed into the tube portion of the holder works great ! As for the Cabelas model I fixed this by getting a 3 inch to 2 inch pvc reducer joint and a 1 ft piece of 2 inch srap pvc tube. the reducer is a near perfect fit for the top of the finder housing and can be improved by applying a layer of foam camper seal tape inside the rim of the reducer. The 2 inch portion of pvc pipe that extends off the reducer fits nice and tight into the original drop tube in the Cabelas holder if you cut the silky liner out of the inside and raises the entire finder a few inches and is a nice advantage. The piece of pipe insulation inside the 2 inch pipe drop tube must be used here as well to stabilize the transducer. If you want good return images on your finder it must be stable and pointing directly downward to get a proper return image.
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