Celestron ASGT CG-5 equatorial mount, got it working!

I had the good fortune of picking up a used Celestron CG-5 advanced/goto series mount from a fellow member of OKCAC. He said that everything worked, it just had a cosmetic issue, the declination motor housing was cracked and held together with tape. I pulled the trigger on it, as it was an amazing good deal at fraction of the price of new.

After unloading my truck, I setup the CG-5 mount in the living room. There were some other issues, but for the money it was a bargain. I was a little scared though, as I went to power up the mount, there was nothing. After doing some research online, it looked like the mount fell victim to the number one failure of these mounts: the power switch. I took out the power board and clipped a jumper to bypass the switch. It fired right up. I then soldered a permanent jumper bypass, so now I use the power switch on my power tank to turn the mount on and off. Couple of issues, I spent 72 bucks with celestron ordering parts. I ordered a new set of latitude adjustment screws, as the originals were missing. I ordered a new declination motor assembly housing and a new counterweight bar. After permanently soldering a jumper on the power board, I reassembled and fired it up. I did a test/fake alignment and it worked like a charm. Motors work smoothly on both axis and I test fitted my scope. I balanced the OTA per instructions and with the RA/DEC levers loose the scope moves freely and smoothly. I am very happy that I have this mount working like new. Here is a picture of the NS8SE scope on it's new home. Please excuse messy office.