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Bruce

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Got rid of my old Motorguide cable driven trolling motor for a new Minn Kota Power drive. Not so easy on the Nitro 175 Sport. After a little cutting on the deck for more access and a few special tools made to get to the nuts. The new one is installed and waiting for some electrical work and a new cover panel for the hole.
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Which Power Drive did you get? I'm looking to upgrade to one with US2, I mounted a Split Shot transducer on my motor and it was PITA but it works, just have to be careful not to pinch the transducer cable.
 
Power Drive with a copilot remote. Now I'm having issues with finding the remote holder. They are out of production and pretty much non existent so I'm going to try velcro attached to the rod and remote.
 
I installed the Co-Pilot on my 42lb PowerDrive that came with the boat. I have the remote on a lanyard around my neck about chest high, works pretty good for me.
 
I've got a Terrova and keep the remote on a lanyard around my neck also. If the lanyard isn't available it should be easy enough to rig something up. I can take pictures tomorrow if needed. I "think" the powerdrive remote is similar to the Terrova remote.
 
The remote for the ipilot head unit upgrade for the powerdrive v2 is the same as the terrova remote. I did the upgrade on a v2 and then got a terrova.
 
Luckily I still had a remote holder from my last boat. To make it easy to change poles I attached velcro to the holder and the pole I normally use. Seems to work well for me.
 

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