Thanks guys Ive been working (12 hr shift worker here)Sry i havent had time to get back to all the replies all connections are good ive borrowed foot petal the guy said works on his and still does the same thing,its an older model auto=pilot with the rectangle type plug ,the compass on mine doesnt have as much liquid as my buddies does ,it does have a vibration at higher speed but not on my trolling speed ,shaft doesnt seem bent or cracked,is the compass something I change myself im pretty good at tinkering on stuff ,but im not an electronic tech by no means,the 5 degree +/- angle is pretty close ive shimmed it on the water ,i have a 1648 polar craft walking around in it makes motor readjust itself some,I can run the auto-pilot for awhile and it works then ill adjust my course and sometimes it starts acting erractic,ill turn it off auto and run it then go back to auto-pilot 10-15 mins later and itll work again ,Thanks again ,maybe ill get a compass for it