EricFox
Member II
I'm in the middle of a cruise on Lake Huron and my autopilot has decided to quit working. The ram is being driven (both ways), but the boat won't hold a course - just does big circles. My best guess is that something had failed in the compass or in one of the 2 brain boxes. I have done continuity checks on the 5 wires that go from the control box in the cockpit to the box that attaches to the compass - all good. And all of the other connections also appear to be good. I haven't yet opened up either of the boxes or the compass to look for any obvious faults - will do that tomorrow. I haven't yet found anything in any posts to suggest other possible causes. Any suggestions? Else I'll be spending the rest of my cruise at the helm :-(