Windlass replacement

bloving

Looks like a replacement for my Horizon windlass on our 342 is in store. Went to drop anchor and nothing. Power to and leaving switch. Any suggestions on what else to check and what is the best replacement , if needed. 

howardrams

I only know a little about my Quick windlass which does work OK.  My book says if it would stop working there is a hydraulic circuit breaker?  This is in addition to the regular electrical breaker.  Apparently there's a reversing solenoid but I don't even know where that's located. And it said use the wrench which you can use to manually drop anchor to make sure the clutch is engaged.  I've never had to do that.

Sorry more questions than answers for you.  But mine has always worked so far and I quess I'd like to know:

What is a hydraulic circuit breaker?  Is it that red toggle switch located beside my up/down switch?

luckydog

Your breaker should look something like this, take it off look on the back chances are the screws are loose, it happened to me last year