WARNING!! DON'T DO THIS!!!!! I DID.:sadwalk:

[John 'n' W.Va]

Most every time I bent down to dig a target, my coil would bend back. I would straighten it up every time I got up. Maybe I had the wire too tight, but I got an internal break in the coil wire of my sniper. Being next to the coil I didn't really have room to fix it. Both insulated wires had a break. I cut the wires off and thought I would run them to the point of contact.

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The coil case is epoxied together not meant to be taken apart. The coils in the center are on a spool that has sockets that the bottom and top covers fit into. I got it apart OK. without breaking anything.

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There is a hard epoxied filled tube that the wires go through. The wires don't seem to be marked. they both are white with two wires in each. The ground wire must be attached somewhere on the top, because it didn't come through with the other wires. What a mess.

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[sandcrab]

John,
Man that bites, I don't think I could function without my sniper coil... But I bet you can get it back together, might not be waterproof any more but thats not a show stopper. On the missing ground wire, many times cable shielding is only grounded on one end, I cant remember why but I have seen it on lots of comm cables. I think it prevents a ground loop, eliminates noise, something like that. I run my cables rather loose with a Velcro(C) strap to stabilize it, the loop is also handy for wrapping up the cord when the coil is off the machine and not in use. You may be able to closely examine the broken ends and determine where each pair goes by the relative locations of the breaks, long to short, short to long. 3M 5200 Marine Sealant is awesome, if you use it good luck getting it apart again, regular 5200 takes 7 days to cure fully, 5200 fast set is like 24 hours, this stuff works, saved my life more that once in a leaky boat. Good luck and we hope to hear a success story from this mishap, have a good day, hopefully the bad part is over.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Looks like you opened up a real can of worms. Hope you get it fixed.

Bill

 

[cwilk]

I feel for you. If it is any consolation at all, I am going to rethink how I manuever my coils when bending down and when standing back up. I hope you can repair it youself. Good luck with it.

Chris

 

[dirtydon]

Just might have to bit the bullett on that one. What a bummer By the way, what's with the "n" W. Va.? I always thought it should be W. BY GOD.Va...
Get Dirty.....Dirty Don

 

[liltracs]

OUCH!!!

 

[draaiorgel]

Wow John,
You've certainly got guts tackling that yourself.
My god if I had that problem I'd have a blue funk. (panic panic panic)
I do hope you can overcome the problems and get back to normal again soon.
Best of luck m8.

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Something that may be of help John. each time I attach a coil; after I have bolted it on, I always tilt the coil fully forward and then wrap the cable around the shaft.This will prevent that from occurring. But I guess that you just learned that anyway. Sorry to see it.
Mick Evans.

 

[Rainman]

lousy break, hope you get a new sniper soon.