The grease is the type that olympus supplies to me. It is the correct type,
whatever it is. Application requires enough grease but not too much ;-)
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Curlee <t_curlee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-4 Meter Reading
> >
> >I found the dirty resistor board problem show up in another way in my 4T
> >(which I had not used for awhile). I had the camera set to MANUAL but
the
> >shutter speeds and meter display were still in the AUTOMATIC mode.
> >After racking the Auto / MAN switch back & forth about 30 times, the
camera
> >returned to manual.
> >
> >John
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>
> John:
>
> I assume that the dielectric grease you speak of is the silicone type
(clear
> with a very slightly milky haze). What do you clean the resistor board
with
> (alcohol)? How much grease is enough, or perhaps, how much is too much?
I
> wonder if more grease is better than less, up to a point (don't want
grease
> oozing out of the asa mechanism down into the rest of the camera, running
> off the mirror, etc.)
>
> Thanks, Tom
>
>
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