Thanks guys,
Next scope is not getting touched at all until I have inspected it. Only I will be cleaning it if necessary. I have done this twice since owning my meade and know exactly what to do. First time I did it with Peter, who had done it previously with his schmidt newt. He taught me the correct procedure.
Thanks Tony, as it turns out Peter and I did some engineering today and fitting the mount to the existing top plate. We drilled and taps a hole for the azimuth lug and drilled the hole for the mount to rest in. Peter only had a 25mm drill so we had to file the other 5mm as the post it 30mm. Boy are my hands sore now. Thanks heaps Peter.
We also made a packer to act as a washer between the mount and the plate. Later I will take some pics to explain what we did. A couple of washers and a bolt for securing the mount to the plate.
Anyway the scope is now mounted to the Pier and it looks great and works very well. Here is a pic. Very happy now, all I need it the new OTA. MY moonlite electric focuser is on the way and I am almost ready to commence planetary imaging. Look out here I come.
Paul
