Fishrunner,
Thanks for the all the help. Pictures especially are great.
I saw the scoop bracket but not the adjustable slide you seem to have at whittworths the other day. I'm assuming that is a sounder transducer mount??? or maybe they were out of stock. I walked out of whitworths $200 poorer by the time I purchased tube, bilge, mount, silicone, joiners etc. That was on top of 270 spent on tank, Was unhappy with that so have decided to try and cut back on the use of some items...test out their refund policy!
At the moment I have the bilge mounted up under my rear step closish to the rear of boat. I'm 90% sure it will be below the waterline. hoping to test it this arvo weather permitting. Seems only slightly higher than it would be on the other style of bracket. Slightly can mean a lot when talking water levels so i'm not holding my breath...I now have some stainless that will do the job as a right angled bilge mount if needed.
I was provided with a scoop with the tank so i now figure i will use it as a separate line, cheaper to buy some tubing than scoop from whitworths and i can now have the water flow permanently adjusted to avoid flooding without impeding pump pressure or forgetting to change setting constantly.
Let me know what you think, nothing is permanent at the moment so changes can be made. I know when you are trying to cut back on costs things can go astray but i have no other choice at the moment.. unless you have a spare room, missus wasn't impressed lets say....
Cheers FSHIIIN