> Hi all,
>
> I just finished a first draft of a page that will hopefully help a lot of
> people out when it comes to the repair of the infamous 'motor runaway' and
> 'dead motor' problems on the LX200. It's a bit wordy, but perhaps it can be
> of some help to people that don't want to have to send their units in for the
> $200 repair. I hope so. I also hope that it puts a bit of a new twist on
> solving the problems.
>
> It can be directly accessed at: <http://members.aol.com/ccdastro/decfix.htm>
>
> Tomorrow I'll put a permanent link to it from my personal page.
>
> Comments and suggestions are welcome.
>
> For what it's worth.
>
> Bruce Johnston
>
> Bruce Johnston Computing
> <http://members.aol.com/bjohns7764>
> Internet home for "SuperFix" and "MegaFix" image processing software.
> Personal page: <http://members.aol.com/ccdastro>

A very nice piece of work. Being faint of heart, I think I would launch before
attempting any of those fixes. What Meade (with your help) needs to do is train
staff in local telescope shops to perform these fixes.

My only comment would be to make a companion doc to what you have written in the
form of a flow-chart diagnostic diagram.
--
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