Do you still have it? , and what type and model its it ? There are manuals for almost all telescopes on the web .
I hear you , my 1st scope was a piece of #$ap as well
, it almost made me give up on astronomy , but a kindly gentleman from the local club sold me a quality 60mm 1971 Meade refractor for a song , and the rest is history .
I still have that scope , really nice build and optics .
Brian.