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Thanks guys, have taken note of suggestions and bookmarked the link.
The previous owner must have stored it without the cap or eyepiece in the visual back for some time. I've only just acquired it and the outside OTA and mount/tripod was worse. I'm going to have to clean everything inside now which is probably a good thing. I don't want to do it but honestly if you saw it, you'd do the same. I was more concerned about the reassembling part and getting that correct. I did read somewhere about marking everything before taking it apart.
Once I've done it for the first time, I should be alright for my other 8" that may need cleaning in the future but that one only has a few specs of dust inside. I'm not going to worry about that one for now. I can live with that.
I don't understand how some people can treat and store their gear like this. How hard is it to put it in a box, tape it up or put a plastic bag over it.
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