I got another AH-4000 from FleaBay. It was advertised as being a backup hardly used in great condition. Well…….not really. It did look nice, not much sun fading, but two rollers were broken in the drive. I know how to fix these, but took an easier way out and combined this drive with two other spare ones I have and used the best parts from each plus a new belt. I went out for a test sail Saturday and the new drive worked great. No more having to bungee-cord the lever! On to the course computer, I did some checking and the new one is wired BACKWARDS from the old one. AutoHelm did a change at some point and swapped the power and motor drive connections in the plug that connects to the boat. This is the oddest thing to do and now if I rewire the plug for the new computer the old one won’t work. Arghhhhhhhhh……….. I so wanted to be able to swap computers too and have a whole standby autopilot on the boat.
Joe Coquina C&C 35 MK I
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