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Steve the simple answer is YOU DON'T. If you have just purchased it from Claude as a new scope, it is his problem and it needs to go back to Japan as a warranty issue. As I have said in numerous posts, do NOT let anyone other than Takahashi touch one of their APO's. People have tried and failed miserably I can speak from experience on this as I had sent mine to a mob in Sydney who Claude recommended and they trashed it completely. They have now gone out of business now, and it sure does not surprise me considering the hassles I had with them. My TOA130 had to go back to Japan for a complete rebuild after those butchers did their thing.
Obviously being a warranty thing, you will not be out of pocket at all. Takahashi will do all that is required including return freight. It is probably best to deal with them directly. I have the details of the guy to contact if you need them. He is a very helpful chap.
This is the biggest problem with Takahashi as far as Australia goes, there is no one that can satisfactorily service them. Outside of Japan, as far as I know only TNR are authorised to do this work. If you lived in the USA you would send it to them, but everywhere else, it is back to Japan unfortunately.
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