Yeah...you definitly did the right thing. You have to wonder how the scope/mount
was generally taken care of with that kind of problem allowed to ocurr.

Sounds like problems you wouldn't want to deal with, not when there are other
scopes/mounts that are readily available. I hope you didn't get attacked by the
dubers!
m.

Don Holcombe wrote:

> Mike
> Specifics were that mud daubers had built condos inside the OTA on both
> sides of several of the baffles, and in the LXD750 housing, one directly on
> the board and main shaft bearing. I found these upon searching for an image
> shift problem which turned out to be the shredded teflon strips on the
> focuser drawtube. The 152ED had been left stored in his observatory with
> the diagonal off and no cover on the focuser end apparently. A missing
> inspection plate was the inlet to the LXD750 housing. The above combination
> of problems caused me to not take up the owner on the offer of repair. His
> age played a part in the decision also, he won't be around in 2084 to assist
> the group with the Y2K mystery. We've stayed in touch, he returned the
> 152ED to Meade in April and has not received it back to this date.
>
> BTW, I've owned two Corvettes also. Had I still owned the '66 427 I could
> have used it to drag the 152ED from the garage on a set of JMI Wheely Bars.
>
> Best Regards,
> Don Holcombe
> Katy, TX
> http://www.flash.net/~donholco/index.html
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 8:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [M]: Re: Used Scope Checklist???
>
> >You didn't pass on the specifics of your problem, but if I was you, and I
> had
> >gotten a pretty good deal on the 152ED (By the way....it should have been
> on a
> >LXD750 not a 650, 650 can't handle the weight, maybe you made a typo), and
> it
> >was nice optically, I would definitly think about getting any problems with
> the
> >mount fixed, especially if the guy was going to pay for it or at least
> maybe
> >give you some of your money back. There is no magic with this mount and
> nothing
> >on it that can't be fixed assuming that the housing hadn't been smashed. I
> have
> >had my Dec. shaft and gear, RA shaft and Gear and both motors replaced on
> mine,
> >plus the motherboard has been now upgraded for the second time to the
> latest
> >verion. It works like a charm and is a great mount.
> >
> >As far as a checlklist goes, it's just like buying a corvette, an
> experienced
> >corvette owner knows what to look for and doesn't need a checklist, others
> >could use a checklist and never know what they are actually looking for.
> >

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