I would think a decent local hydraulics shop would be able to at least help diagnose the drive, if not fix it outright. All they need to drive it is a 12-volt car battery.
Yes, you could interface a wheel drive to the ACU; but the current Raymarine wheel drive is rated to a maximum displacement of 16.500 lbs, and the 37+ specs say it weighs 16,000 lbs, which I imagine is conservative. I wouldn’t expect a drive that close to maximum ratings to survive very long, or work well in big waves. — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > On Sep 1, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Listers, > > All this talk of autopilots has me back to my issues. After a refill and > rewire, I do hear the Octopus pump clicking on and off, and I hear it trying > to work, but no joy in getting the wheel to move. So, i think my many > year-old pump and/or my drive unit needs to be fixed (bad seal?). > > If I were to undertake the major job of disconnecting it all from the boat > and quadrant, does anyone know of a repair shop in the Northeast US? Shipping > it all to Octopus in Canada seems almost prohibitive ($$$). > > I noticed online that I can obtain wheel-drive units for around $500 and > connect those drive wires to the drive connections on the ACU — and I wonder, > though not as attractive, if that is a cost effective alternate solution, Any > thoughts or warnings greatly appreciated. (You’re up, Street!) > > While this year seems like a lost cause, I want to have this all working by > Spring launch 2017. > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like > what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions > are greatly appreciated!
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