on 21/07/2003 14:15, clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx at clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
> Both the OM-2 and OM-2n should have the same spring-loaded pin in the center
> of
> the gear under the MD cap to push the MD cap off when it's being removed.
> Without that pin, it would be very difficult to remove the MD cap.
No wonder this 2n doesn't have any MD cap to remove!!
Can't work without something to cover the hole...
Since it neither winds nor shutters with the winder, I thought the missing
pin had his role in some of the mentioned tasks.
>
> The only OM's that did not have that pin were the very earliest original OM-1
> and M-1 cameras that were non-MD models, meaning they did not have an opening
> for the motor drive or winder, or the switch that runs them. If you have an
> OM-2 or OM-2n without this pin, someone has removed it and replaced it with a
> screw, perhaps from an old original OM-1. Note that it is (or should be) a
> reverse-thread screw -- turning it clockwise should unscrew it, NOT
> counter-clockwise.
I'll check this, hope another question won't be coming...
Thanks a lot,
Fernando.
>
> Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm about to keep a 2n for spare parts.
>> Opening the motor drive cap, I observed side by side the gear mechanism with
>> my older 2. Where my 2 has a sort of pin which is pressed down and another
>> concentric piece, the 2n has only a screw and a third concentric piece.
>> Could not find this diagram in the service manual at the dementia website.
>> Maybe someone could point it out to me.
>> Is this another "hard to get" part which often breaks or falls down... ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Fernando.
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