David and all who have contributed so far,
 After browsing other forums and various googles, Im thinking it may be a prob with my OS.   I have win 7 32 bit and from what Ive been reading it may not be compatible with fsx acel or ver 2.4

 I am currently running b727-100 FSX and i have no probles with the AP pitch/turn controller.  I have noticed tho that when i click on the pitch/turn controller I get a tool tip that reads "autopilot turn and pitch controller(up pitch)" etc and for turns "autopilot turn and pitch controller (left bank)"etc.
  However when I run ver 2.4(in both 727-100/727-200) I get a tool tip that reads a certain number of degrees of pitch which does not change when i try to adjust the pitch.
  Hope this helps

Ed