Chuck, this is EXACTLY what mine did -- right before my attitude indicator
went belly up.

Then, again, a month later when the DG failed.

My advice: wait. It may not be the autopilot itself.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"PaulaJay1" wrote in message
...
Flew to dinner today with an outside temp of 10F. Auto pilot worked OK on
the
trip out (plane came out of a 45F hanger). Parked for dinner for about 2
hours. The autopilot didn't work on the way back. You could feel the
clutch
take hold but no corrective action to follow the bug. Simple roll control
didn't respond either. Well, about 20 minutes into the flight home, it
started
to work. OK all the way home.

So, is it on its last leg and I should pull it and see if I can get it
fixed?
Fixed where? Or is the low temperture (it was outside for 2 hours in 10F)
the
problem? If it's low temp, I'm tempted to let it go since I don't often
fly
there.

Chuck