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Multiweb, Paul and gb_astro....
Thanks for all your help guys, it isn't a design flaw with the cpc it's just that once they started making them in china they had a bad batch with inferior grease and mine happened to be from that batch. The grease liquifies at higher temps and I had the scope stored in the garage the week before I noticed the poor image quality due to grease on the secondary mirror. We got a couple of hot days back then.
I managed to contact bintel again and I spoke to a gentleman called Don who said he would be able to perform the clean and grease replacement for a nominal fee. It would take 2-3hrs work and would cost $160-$240
Which I think is fair considering I can't use the scope satisfactorily at the moment.
I will be dropping off the scope on sat the 8th.
Hopefully the weather would have cleared up by then.
Thanks guys....
Johnny
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