[C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans

[Magnuson's Time A Weigh]

Karl,
 Thanks again for your willingness to share your experience.  With my boat 
in Bayfield, WI, it will be late April or Early May before I get to splash. 
The AP will be one of my first boat jobs!
Thanks
Gary
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Mielenhausen _/)" <C320 at suddenlink.net>
To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans


> Paul & Gary,
>
> At some point, I assembled this list:
> http://pages.suddenlink.net/kmielen/C320Docs/Autohelm.htm
>
> If you have something different that works, let me know.
> When I hear back, I'll post to the C320IA website.
>
> Karl
>
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:09:39 -0500, Magnuson's Time A Weigh 
> <gary.magnuson at frontier.com> wrote:
>
>> Paul,
>> Would you be willing to share those settings?  I have owned our 1995 
>> model for three years now and it has always done the crazy Ivan's.  I am 
>> not sure that I have messed with any of the settings. Does everyone run 
>> through the setup process every season?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gary Magnuson
>> Time A Weigh # 205
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul" <pjaarch at verizon.net>
>> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 8:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans
>>
>>
>>> Mine also started doing that at the beginning of last year.  As it 
>>> turns out, some of the settings in the setup had changed over the 
>>> winter.  I contacted a friend and he gave me his settings.  Works 
>>> perfectly now.
>>>
>>> Paul Adison
>>> C320 "Rough Draft"
>>> #722
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: R.G. Miller
>>> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 12:43 AM
>>> To: c320-list at catalina320.com
>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Alan;
>>> Mine started doing that a number of years ago after not doing it for  a 
>>> few years. Swore there was something wrong with the unit. Turned out 
>>> that the fridge was going on and off more than before and that was 
>>> affecting the compass. Moved the compass further away (ahead of the 
>>> water tank) and never had the problem again.
>>>
>>> RG Miller
>>> Pretender #197
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: goodmanalanlee at hotmail.com
>>>> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
>>>> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:01:14 -0500
>>>> Subject: [C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi folks. Like most of us, I have a ST4000+ wheel autopilot. Problem 
>>>> is it is very prone to doing 'crazy ivans' (reference from Tom 
>>>> Clancy's Hunt for Red October). I have tested the flux compass 
>>>> following RM's diagnostic guidelines and it checks out ok. I don't 
>>>> think my set up has a 'course computer, just a 'control head' ... does 
>>>> this make sense? Could this be an electrical supply problem (short, 
>>>> broken wire?). Anyone with any insight? I don't want to have to 
>>>> replace the whole system if it is an easy fix or just one bad 
>>>> component. Anyone have an old but working control head and/or compass 
>>>> ... I would like to use the 'swap and test' method, versus paying for 
>>>> expensive technician time to trouble shoot with test equipment. Happy 
>>>> to pay 'rental fees' for these components and outright purchase the 
>>>> parts that fix my problem. Any thoughts from the forum? Alan Hull #67 
>>>> Holland, MI
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Karl Mielenhausen
> Catalina 320 Hull 690