[C320-list] Autohelm Mk2 Wheeldrive

[WindSwept]

Jeff,

Quite a thread we have going on this one.  To make a long email short, I'd 
appreciate the pictures for the rudder transducer mounting and perhaps a 
very short verbal description too.

There are some pictures of another installation on the website where a wood 
bracket is bolted to the inboard side of the shelf in the starboard 
lazerette.  Is this where you mounted yours.

Larry
WindSwept C320 #246
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Church" <jjemail at comcast.net>
To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Autohelm Mk2 Wheeldrive


> Larry,
>
> I just started to size this up yesterday after completing the installation
> of the rudder reference transducer. Up until this point I thought the
> transducer was going to be the big problem and the rest if the 
> installation
> would be simple. I'll have better info in the next couple of days if it
> doesn't snow, or maybe next week after we get back from a trip to the
> Chesapeake.
>
> It looks like the drive ring rubs on the engine instrument pod, the motor
> hits the pod and/or the engine kill switch, and the clutch lever hits the
> pod. Mounting the wheeldrive in the alternate position (with the motor 
> high
> and to port) is not visually attractive, the ring still rubs on the pod, 
> and
> the motor is very close to the shift lever. It looks as though it would be
> difficult to get past the motor to quickly grab the lever. In addition, 
> that
> position would require pulling all the wires out of the port binnacle 
> post,
> drilling a new hole in the post, and stuffing an additional wire through 
> it.
>
> The stationary horizontal post that attaches to the binnacle has to be
> mounted 6.1" below the center of the wheel. It appears to use the same 4
> screw holes as the old one, but the new post is offset 3/4" below it's
> mounting flange. It appears that the post might hit the pod and make it
> impossible to line up the screw holes to attach it to the binnacle.
>
> If you are going to install a rudder transducer I can email some pics of 
> the
> mounting brackets that I made and pass along a couple of tips that should
> make that job a little easier.
>
> JeffC
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "WindSwept" <c320_windswept at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Autohelm Mk2 Wheeldrive
>
>
>> Bummer.
>>
>> I have the parts in hand to make the same replacement.  Like you I was
>> looking for a relatively easy time of it.  Never seems to work out that
>> way.
>>
>> Where does the interference occur.  The motor or the ring?
>>
>> Larry
>> WindSwept C320#246
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jeff Church" <jjemail at comcast.net>
>> To: "C320" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:31 PM
>> Subject: [C320-list] Autohelm Mk2 Wheeldrive
>>
>>
>>> I'm trying to replace my older autohelm with a new unit. I thought this
>>> would be a relatively simple project, but it looks like it is going to 
>>> be
>>> a real pain. The newer (gray) wheeldrive has a larger diameter than the
>>> old one and it hits the engine instrument pod when it is centered on the
>>> wheel (1998 hull #545). If anyone has installed a new wheeldrive on a 
>>> 320
>>> with the older instrument pod, I'd like to know how it is done. It looks
>>> like there is no choice but to remove the pod a relocate it several
>>> inches
>>> lower on the binnacle post.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> JeffC
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