Lowrance FF problem - plug disintegrated

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Originally Posted by Hammerhead_77

Bad day for my Elite 5...the power/transducer cable plug crumbled on me. Although I am careful to hit the connections with WD-40 when I'm done cleaning up, some saltwater must have stayed in there and corroded one of the pin sockets until it just crumbled.

Two questions for the community: First, how do I fix this? the head unit is fine and I don't want to shell out for a new one. Replace the transducer or solder on a new plug?

Second, anybody had this before and what do you do to protect this weak link in the electronics chain?

Had a similar problem on my Mark 4, the brass poles are still good but the rubber plug has broken down....I big chunk of the rubber just fell away.