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/>
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