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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Precision 1.5m dish - makeover
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<blockquote data-quote="moonbase" data-source="post: 1064060" data-attributes="member: 178786"><p>Thank you, the previous owner will garner comfort from your compliment. They took good care of the dish and built a wooden crate free of charge to enclose it in to prevent any damage in transit to me.</p><p></p><p>As regards performance in receiving satellite signals, the dish performed to specification straight out of the crate. The makeover bodge job I did on the dish was to change the colour of the finish back to white, renew the mounting ring sealant and remove some siezed mounting studs.</p><p></p><p>On to the first job, the mounting ring studs, these were siezed in the three boss head mounting holes. This would not be an issue if the dish was mounted on the Precision Az/El mount that it arrived with. However, for mounting on a Precision polar mount they needed to be removed to free up the bolt holes for fixing the dish to the polar mount.</p><p></p><p>The studs would not come out with a simple twin nut approach using one as a lock nut so I gave them a bit of a blast with a cheapy blue cannister blow torch. My understanding was that the blue cannister type provides a relatively low heat flame which seemed ideal for the job. After a good few licks with the flame and some elbow grease all three studs were removed without any damage.</p><p></p><p>I have attached a few pictures below that show the Az/El mount and the stud removal job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moonbase, post: 1064060, member: 178786"] Thank you, the previous owner will garner comfort from your compliment. They took good care of the dish and built a wooden crate free of charge to enclose it in to prevent any damage in transit to me. As regards performance in receiving satellite signals, the dish performed to specification straight out of the crate. The makeover bodge job I did on the dish was to change the colour of the finish back to white, renew the mounting ring sealant and remove some siezed mounting studs. On to the first job, the mounting ring studs, these were siezed in the three boss head mounting holes. This would not be an issue if the dish was mounted on the Precision Az/El mount that it arrived with. However, for mounting on a Precision polar mount they needed to be removed to free up the bolt holes for fixing the dish to the polar mount. The studs would not come out with a simple twin nut approach using one as a lock nut so I gave them a bit of a blast with a cheapy blue cannister blow torch. My understanding was that the blue cannister type provides a relatively low heat flame which seemed ideal for the job. After a good few licks with the flame and some elbow grease all three studs were removed without any damage. I have attached a few pictures below that show the Az/El mount and the stud removal job. [/QUOTE]
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