My motor was put away with auto pilot left on. Since then auto pilot will not work and I have no steering. Does anyone know what kind of damage I might have done? Any help will be appreciated.
Also, we caught nine stripers above the rr bridge Friday, but no keepers.
had the same problem once.it ended up to be the sensor which transfers the heading.i have a adjustable,quick release bracket for sale which will fit an autopilot.if interested e mail me at pmsports1@aol....good luck,james
The very first thing I do when I get the boat on the trailer and out of the water is unplug the DC power cord from my trolling motor. This way I don't forget. Then I unplug my foot control. In that order. The reason for this is the foot control needs to be plugged in and unplugged with no DC power to motor, and when I get home, I hook the t/m batteries straight up to the bank charger and it's a BIG no no to leave DC power hooked up to t/m with 10 amps coming from charger! This will save you a lot of headaches as the sensitive boards don't like spikes/surges of any kind. My t/m stays unplugged from DC until the next time I get to the lake. Just my 2 cents
I have a Riptide Auto Pilot and tried to pull it up to leave the fishing spot one day with the auto-piolt on and it was constantly turning in my hand in the process. I don't know how you could do it without feeling it. I am not sure about the freshwater auotpilots tho..... Hope i don't burn it up like that..
Snapper, are you talking about just an auto pilot? I have a fairly new motor and don't need another notor. Mine is a 70lb. 24 volt,do you know if it will work with this motor? Shoot me an e-mail, I am interested!
Just got my minn kota out of the shop yesterday. Used the auto pilot for about two hours and everything went out. I think the circut board went out but it was still under warranty. Carried it to outboard performance in Franklinton nc. They were very nice people.
