The aim this week was to finish tidying the wiring in the aft cabin locker the cabling to the autopilot actuator from the course computer included a chocolate block connector which i wanted to get rid of so I removed the actuator with the intention of renewing all the cables, however the cables to the motor and the clutch were connected directly to these items rather than to a terminal block and as I didn't want to go that far I removed the chocolate block connector and made a soldered connection for the extension cables these connections were wrapped in self amalgamating tape and the whole lot wrapped with spiral wrapping. The problem came when trying to replace the actuator, it is secured with a pin which is retained by a couple of 'R' clips but this is out of sight round the corner so it had to be done by feel, a bit of a struggle. I reconnected the cables and switched the autopilot on to test it and the rudder moved full travel in the opposite direction to that instructed, so after checking that all the cables were correctly connected to the course computer I consulted the manual which covered this very fault the instruction was to swap the two wires for the motor drive over which I did and it now works perfectly. The terminals in the course computer are all colour coded and they had all been correctly connected the only thing that I can think of is that the motor has been changed in the past I don't know but it works.
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