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Re: [M]: Dec Motor Problem

Subject:Re: [M]: Dec Motor Problem
From:Mark Cearley
Date:Mon Mar 09 14:43:29 1998

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Loch
To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [M]: Dec Motor Problem




> Hi All,
>
> When I powered up my 11 month old LX200 12" yesterday, the Dec motor
> immediately powered right up with it. The only way to stop it was to
> turn the power off ( I believe this is called a runaway Dec motor).

Hi Keith, I had the same symptoms as you. I found that all I had to do was
plug and unplug the **inside dec motor cable** a few times to make a good
connection again. This is the cable that the dec motor cable from the LX
base to the fork arm plugs into. Look on the inside of the fork arm where
the dec cord plug is as you will see it. If this fixes it , I guess you have
some spare parts coming
Mark Cearley



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