Thread: Care and Feeding of a 12 foot Paraclipse...

I've been looking at this dish for 25 years now...I decided to go ask....I asked. And now its mine for the taking. 12 foot paraclipse with a h-to-h mount.

Two questions...how in the hell am I gonna get it home with a 5X10 trailer and what are the chances that the motor is still gonna work?

Two questions...how in the hell am I gonna get it home with a 5X10 trailer and what are the chances that the motor is still gonna work?

First of all, a very nice score. They are a great dish, and the H-H mount should be fantastic for you.

As to the questions.

I would take the six or 8 bolts that run through the back plate through the mounting assembly to the face of the dish loose and take the dish off the mount from there.

Then take the H-H mount off the pole. You will need lots of hands because I don't see a way to dis-assemble the dish. There probably is, I just can't see it from your pictures.

Second question, if the sides of the trailer aren't too tall, just set it back side down in the trailer you have and come home slow with red flags on the sides and rear using back roads and flashing lights on lead and tail cars.

The mesh won't be hard to replace and you will have an excellent dish.

The chances of the motor working are very good. I have not brought home a single dish that the actuator or motor didn't work at least for a few months. I have only had one actuator fail after 6 months of usage.

Nice dish and a great find.

Originally Posted by linuxman

I would say you are correct about the weight of the dish minus the mount. 150 lbs or less, probably less.

You should be able to carry it without that much trouble, after all, Tron rolled one for a couple of miles.

The PB-Blaster will work it's way into the threads, wouldn't hurt to go back and spray again in a day or two or the night before you go after it.

You will be fine with your trailer, just have to watch out for traffic and stuff close to the side of the road.

Good Luck, and I can't wait until you get it up and operational.

I am going to go back one day next week with tools and a ladder, and remove the feed and feed legs, and look at things closer. I was thinking I will probably have to take the mesh out of the center of the dish to reach the back side of the bolts, the dish is too deep and high to reach from the ladder I would think....

I am waiting to see what kind of help I am gonna get...all the folks I have helped out over the years...let's see how many of them will return the favor...

I am waiting to see what kind of help I am gonna get...all the folks I have helped out over the years...let's see how many of them will return the favor..

It never hurts to help someone else. I have made that my practice over the past 30 years.

Today eleven of our friends showed up to help the four members of our family move all of our stuff back into the building now that the threat of a flood is gone, so helping others only helps yourself.

Originally Posted by stogie5150

I am going to go back one day next week with tools and a ladder, and remove the feed and feed legs, and look at things closer. I was thinking I will probably have to take the mesh out of the center of the dish to reach the back side of the bolts, the dish is too deep and high to reach from the ladder I would think....

I am waiting to see what kind of help I am gonna get...all the folks I have helped out over the years...let's see how many of them will return the favor...

Stogie,

I have disassembled about five Paraclypse dishes. I would strongly recommend looking closely at where the mount attaches to the backing plate. There are three or four bolts there.

If you try to take the ribs loose from the back hub plate, you may damage or break the front hub plate on the reflecting side of the dish. It is made from aluminun and can be broken easily.

I have no idea how to send diagrams or pictures to this site, but, if you email me an address I can burn a copy of the installation and instruction manuals for the paraclypse classic 12 foot and 14 foot chain drive dish. and mail it to you.

Email addy is mauiguy1@hawaiiantel.net

Originally Posted by Mauiguy

Stogie,

I have disassembled about five Paraclypse dishes. I would strongly recommend looking closely at where the mount attaches to the backing plate. There are three or four bolts there.

If you try to take the ribs loose from the back hub plate, you may damage or break the front hub plate on the reflecting side of the dish. It is made from aluminun and can be broken easily.

I have no idea how to send diagrams or pictures to this site, but, if you email me an address I can burn a copy of the installation and instruction manuals for the paraclypse classic 12 foot and 14 foot chain drive dish. and mail it to you.

Email addy is mauiguy1@hawaiiantel.net

EMAIL SENT!

Originally Posted by stogie5150

EMAIL SENT!

Not exactly sure if i can attach a PDF file to one of these posts, but for any one interested, I have that manual on PDF now. The file size for email is about one meg.

Originally Posted by Mauiguy

Not exactly sure if i can attach a PDF file to one of these posts, but for any one interested, I have that manual on PDF now. The file size for email is about one meg.

You can attach a PDF to a reply below.

Just click on the quote icon at the bottom of this post, and that will bring up the screen to type using advanced mode.

Click on the paper clip icon along the top which will bring up a browser for you to find your attachment and upload it.

Then just click on the paper clip again, and tell it to insert into the post.

Originally Posted by Techfizzle

uh, this may be an out-of-context thing i dont understand, so could someone please explain this to me.

It's a generation gap thing. I have used the term "Dueling Banjos" once to infer something to some younger peeps and got basicly the same reaction as yours.......lol. Might also try IMDB for movie info.....good site, even the "free side"
One of my daughters said she's afraid to bring anyone to my house cause comming thru the gate and down the drive it looks like somewhere out of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" Cant really see how that's a bad thing. Keeps the tourist and the curious away...........
And dont even get me started on "Blazing Saddles" and all the terminology ol' crazy Mel has given the public that the younger folks have no idea of the source.....BADGES! We dont NEED no stinking badges!.....hehehehe
Picked me up 2 Birdies w/irds this weeekend guys...one solid and one perf'd........I'll u'l some pics later for posterity sake. dang it......now Linuxman is doing a Whois on my IP.....lol I can almost feel MS Virtual Earth bearing down on me........