Hynautic Hydrauliс Controls

Woman answered. Said wrong number & hung up.

Located a manual on the system that showed a little filter but as in my other post, nothing was there after removing the 1" cap at the bottom.

Thanks. Woke him up. Said will call back. I wish I found a clogged screen but there was none.

Called back and said he's not worked on them in "20 years" so not the right guy.

I hear you re: Detroit's. Had a pair in the previous 38 Bert and although no major issues ever arose with them, became extremely difficult to find a top mechanic so continued to use a guy who had moved way up to Live Oak. many hours away. At this time I'm not aware of a more modern hydraulic system to even consider replacing the Hynautic with and after a bad lightening related experience with electric have no interest in changing to any of them and of course cables are out so back to making these as they should be and a couple others have posted how easy they should be as I also remember the ones were on a Striker back in a former life time.
Had a suggestion late yesterday to disconnect one of the actuators on either an engine or transmission to see if that makes any difference so that's on my to do list this AM and while at it will look for a filter down there. I did notice when trying all 3 stations yesterday the ones on the tower were a little more difficult to operate then the bridge and the ones in the cockpit even more so. Would not want any less then those 3 stations. No idea how long they've been this way since my ownership only goes back to around 2 years but after not finding any filter where shown in the "distribution block" thing under the "pressure tank" as shown in the manual, I suspect someone may have previously messed with the system; that and after reading another's post learned their fluid had turned black and mine is a light amber I suspect it had been changed. Thanks for the support.

UPDATE: Was only able to access the port transmission actuator. The issue; at least with that one; is not with the linkage nor did I find an obvious place for a screen or filter down there, so until such time as either a mechanic familiar with Hynautic is able to work on the system or there's other reason to remove salon floor sections, I'll have to live with the situation.

Lightning hit a boat 2 homes west of me and wiped out the electric controls on my previous boat. I talked to Glendening about their controls but they did not offer any cable back up in the event of electric failure. I will say when I repowered the now sold Contender I opted for a pair of electronic Suzuki's and the electric controls were a 1000% improvement over the cable set up in the old Yamaha's. Their performance was another story so I sold the boat. Maybe come the next boat show I'll explore replacing the Hynautic.