Kim, Been a while since I installed or worked on an X-5 but two thoughts occur to me, bad motor or binding in the SportDrive. Here's how I'd troubleshoot it.
First, take the motor out of the system. I forget if you can just pull the power cable of the back or not. If not, find a place to disconnect it. I think they are brown and blue wires connected to the controller on the connection marked "Motor". Flip the break on. If everything looks good, the motor may be fried or the belt/clutch maybe stuck so the motor won't turn. To test the motor, disengage the clutch, put 12 volts on the two wires. If the motor spins freely, swap the wires and see if it spins freely in the other direction. If so, then something in the SportDrive is binding and putting excessive load on the motor. Fred or Rich might have a different technique. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Kim Brown via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > All, > The weekend's project is to trace down the dead autopilot. Looking for > ideas > about likely suspects to prioritize the process. Standard Raymarine > Wheelpilot- X5? Been working great for years. Chugging up the river trying > to beat the rain last Sunday after a weekend out and it died. Actual > symptom > is the breaker blew so the depth, wind, speed and auto went dark. After > getting back on course, had the Admiral flip the breaker and all the units > came back including right heading numbers on the auto pilot but engaging > the > autopilot did nothing (not even a whimper out of the motor) except blow > the > breaker again. So we hand steered home and left the issue for another day. > Shorted wires, dead motor, or ? Worked fine going out and halfway back. No > event- (wake, rain, course change) it just stopped. It was not working > hard. > Anyone have any ideas on what voltages I should see where. There is a > rudder position indicator in the mix. Looking for a 'Mine did that and it > was the ____________" > Thanks > Kim Brown > TrustMe!!! 35-3 > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > >
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