I used to run the regular 1198 HDSI transducer in the groove of the Terrova shaft until I bought the Onix and the cable was too thick. After looking around I found a picture on BBC forums of someone that had used a curled hose. I messed with that idea for a while and this is what I am using at the moment. Once the new Ulterra auto deploy is available I will try the same set up on it and will post my results.

I went to Lowes and bought one of those green curly hoses for $10. I then split the hose in half with a knife and fed the cable in. At first I did too much, so I cut the hose shorter. I then installed a small D ring on the front pin of the motor and ran the rest of the cable inside a cable cover (rod cover material). From there I just routed it under deck and back out to the Onix. I've been able to turn the Terrova head 5 revolutions without any problems. Usually the Terrova will go 3 turns and then self correct anyway. I haven't had any problems with pinching the cable either (that's why the D-ring is in the front).

Hope this helps.

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Good Job Diel !

Thank you guys. I wish it could be cleaner but there's not much else I can do considering how thick that cable is . At least most of the green hose is under water when deployed so it doesn't look as "homemade" when fishing.

looks like the mfg and there engineers could have come up with a solution for this problem.its sad that the customer has to improvise a solution good work

Nice work,