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Originally Posted by alphaman
You could probably buy an extention cable to make it longer
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I worked on this yesterday and luckily, the cable was long enough to fish it all the way to the front of the boat. I also pulled another pair of wires with it to run power. Looks like it'll work, but I need a few items that I think West Marine may have to complete the install. Took a look at the Ballzout mount, pretty pricey so I will try a ram mount instead if WM has one for a reasonable price.
Alphaman, I took a look at drilling through the faceplate of the TM plug, but there was not enough room because the Garmin cable is so large. Looks like I will have to drill another hole in my boat. After looking at some of the pics posted here where others mounted their unit, I'm thinking that center front is the best place. If I put it to the left, it will interfere with my ipilot. If I put it to the right, it will interfere with both my bow rope and also my anchor rope so I'm going to center it to try to avoid both problems. Will post a pic after I finish.