Ron, when I was cleaning out some stuff a couple of weeks ago I found the original AUTOHELM 4000 and drive unit that came with my boat. It still worked when I removed it from the boat. I wanted to upgrade. If you are interested let me know off line (mbranno...@cox.net).
Mike Virginia Lee C&C 36 CB VIRGINIA BEACH, VA mbranno...@cox.net Sent from my iPad On Aug 28, 2013, at 11:14, Ron Kaye <ronkaye...@gmail.com> wrote: > We are approaching our 1 year anniversary with our 35-3. We have finally got > her back in the water after a new bottom job with soda blasting and base coat > etc, and then replacing essential fluids, fixing running lights and a new > head etc. and have been learning her ways and starting to enjoy her company > very muchl. Last weekend we sailed from our home port in the Rhode R. to St. > Michaels for a two-day trip which was great - with one notable exception and > even broke 6 knots under sail a time or two in moderate wind. On the return > trip the Raymarine Autohelm 4000 (PO- used this for years) decided to freak > out and wanted to turn the boat in hard circles to starboard. We couldn't > get it to snap out of it - pushed the Standby and Auto buttons repeatedly, > held them in for longer periods, turned the unit off and back on, unplugged > it - essentially everything short of "percussive maintenance" - which might > actually have been a good idea. I cant find anything in the user manual that > co vers this issue unless some internal mode got somehow switched. > > I'm wondering if this scanario sounds familiar with anyone and hoping there > might be a "Doh!" fix. We know the unit is old and pretty basic by current > standards. There was an upgrade kit by Raymarine that used the same drive > hardware with a next generation control head (at4000 model I think it was) > but even that system is now older and the kit has been discontinued by > Raymarine. Is there some kind of work-around if it comes to that where a new > controller can interface with the existing drive motor? Is there any > inexpensive way out of this? If the system really should just be completely > replaced we'll do that but hopefully we can avoid that. > Thanks for any help with this. > > -- > Ron & Lisa > To be Renamed > 1986 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
