Hynautic Steering Helm Leak

[peterb]

The other day I got out the bicycle pump and put about 15 pounds of pressure into my Hynautic system. It seemed to work fine at the time.

The next day I checked it and saw two things. First, I had lost all pressure. Second, I saw steering fluid on the deck and coming out by the steering wheel. To me it looks like the fluid is coming out of the hynautic steering box. I will verify this this afternoon.

Any ideas what's wrong. Should I attempt to unscrew the box from the three cables and either bring it to a local marina or ship it to hynautics for repair? Are are there things that I can/should further check out on my own.

Any/all input would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Peter