I have a minn kota riptide 70 pound thrust trolling motor, about 6 years old. Had some trouble with it lately and thought the issue was either the remote or the autopilot feature.

Friend of mine has a spare i-pilot he didn't use--still in the box-- and said I could try it to see if it'd work.

So far I have found out that it fits, but seems to be missing a cable. I looked up a video on Youtube about switching it out and it said to remove the autopilot and the install i-pilot. Looks like my iPilot is missing some sort of control cable. There's a short cable with a yellow cap--that's the only thing coming out of the i-pilot (the autopilot had 6 wires connecting it to the trolling motor base). To me it looks like I should have a control cable that runs from the i-Pilot to something on the base of the motor.

Hard to explain, so has anyone had any luck switching out an auto pilot with an i-Pilot? So far Minn Kota hasn't responded to my email. Looks like I can get the missing cable and be in business (to at least see if this will work).

Gotta get it fixed and catch some fall crappie....