Hello crew. Recently I noticed that my Maxwell windless was neither dropping or lifting the anchor. No response from the control. So I was thinking that it might be a bad connection and I sprayed an electronic corrosion product into the switch and it started to work....or so I thought.
Yesterday as I was dropping the anchor (my 2005 Mariner has 150 ft of chain), it quit working. I flicked the switch on/off thinking it was the connection but then realized that it was getting power because I heard a 'whirring' sound at the motor but no chain action. I attached the manual crank and found out that it the chain is frozen in place. The chain cannot be moved in either direction.
All thoughts and advice are welcomed. I am hoping that I will not have to replace this expensive item.