[C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans

[Magnuson's Time A Weigh]

Thanks Paul,
 Did you see the Post that Karl offered?  I would be happy to have both sets 
when I head north this spring,

Thanks,
Time A Weigh #205
Gary
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul" <pjaarch at verizon.net>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans


> Gary - I will have to see if I have the settings in my file here at home. 
> If not I will get them next time I visit the boat.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Magnuson's Time A Weigh
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 11:09 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans
>
> 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
>>>
>>
>>