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RE: Fish Finder Question
ORIGINAL: Austin/WI Hi guys, My grandfather decided to pick this ol Fish Finder up off the curb while down in Florida. It seriously looks like some ancient technology! ;) It's a Sitrex Honda HE 356A. To be honest I'm not even sure if it works, but I plan on finding out this weekend. The problem is, that there is no transducer or 12v power plug with it. It has the connections on the back of the unit for it, but he didn't see (he claims:eek:) any of the related equipment needed to make it work. So my question is: where the heck do I find what I need? I already tried ebay and the good ol google search, but haven't found any listings that are current - only archived listings. Here are some pics to possibly spur some memory or something...  
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RE: Fish Finder Question
Sounds like my dad..He's has over 30 water cooled hit and miis engines..a model T as well and steam engine bull dozer..These fellows went through the Great Depression and threw nothing away..He lives in Maryland..Once I diagnosed an old widows washing machine..I was ready to replace the timer..My step dad chimes in.."Don;t replace it ..fix it." so he cleaned all the contacts..works like a charm..He is the best auto mechanic I know..The man is good. My grandfather was an advid hunter and picked up this jeep from a junk yard, My dad rebuilt the engine and it last for a long time..
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RE: Fish Finder Question
Wow that takes me back. Back when I had a downrigger lake boat they were selling them. They competed with Humminbird and Lowrance and they were all paper graphs. From what I remember the write up on them made them look pretty good but I never saw one locally on a boat so I didn't get one. I do remember seeing them at the sport shops though. Forget about getting it to run because the paper was expensive and dirty since it was agraphite impregnated roll. Quite often you had to replace the stylist which was hooked to a rubber belt and spun over the paperand passed the electric current through the paper creating marks. The resolution was pretty good with those paper graphs. I looked at a lot of them and ended up with a Humminbird which was in a large black plastic case with a amber tinted screen. It was junk and after I went through 2 of them I got a Lowrance X15 which was state of the art for that time period which was early to mid 80's. It was a 12 volt system though and you should be able to match the power couplers with something from today. Good luck with a transducer though. The only way you will get some parts for it is if someone has one stuffed in the attic or cellar and is a pack rat. I doubt that many are still in use.
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RE: Fish Finder Question
picture 4 is the power element and its not 12v. huh[&:], it says 12v right on the back of the unit  It was junk and after I went through 2 of them I got a Lowrance X15 which was state of the art for that time period which was early to mid 80's. It was a 12 volt system though and you should be able to match the power couplers with something from today. Good luck with a transducer though. The only way you will get some parts for it is if someone has one stuffed in the attic or cellar and is a pack rat. I doubt that many are still in use. ah!!! the ole x15, man did they draw some pretty pictures or what??? i am a lowrance man thru and thru, seen some other units that are nice but always stuck with lowrance;) like my buddy CI mentioned power cord would be easy, transducer, well good luck.. BTW, thanks for diggin up some old memories, after reading this post the other day i dug out some of my old "paper charting";), (man i had rolls of that junk[:-])sadly most of it is hard to read now[&o], but i remember it like it was yesterday;), some of those old spots still produce fish;):D |
RE: Fish Finder Question
[quote]ORIGINAL: m.t.hands
picture 4 is the power element and its not 12v. huh[&:], it says 12v right on the back of the unit [quote/]  ORIGINAL: m.t.hands like my buddy CI mentioned power cord would be easy, transducer, well good luck.. BTW, thanks for diggin up some old memories, after reading this post the other day i dug out some of my old "paper charting";), (man i had rolls of that junk[:-])sadly most of it is hard to read now[&o], but i remember it like it was yesterday;), some of those old spots still produce fish;):D |
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