DON'T drill holes unless you want tiny metal fragments floating about in the
camera -- take the bottom cover off and then drill, etc (as above_
Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu" <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] How to remove a worn battery cover on OM-2n?
> I haven't done this. I've read a dissaembly trick for 35mm rangefinders
is to press a rubber stopper onto rewind knobs (of
> rangenfinders), then turn.
>
> If you already have a replacement and are willing to destroy the present
battery cover, you could also drill two very small holes in
> it. Then insert a pair of pliers with small pins on the business end and
turn. These plieers arecalled snap-ring pliers in the
> USA, and I belive are called a "pin spanner" in the UK.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Devon Decker" <ddecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 9:54 PM
> Subject: [OM] How to remove a worn battery cover on OM-2n?
>
>
> > I have an OM-2n that I recently picked up. The groove on the battery
cover
> > has worn so that I cannot open it with the usual coin or washer edge.
Any
> > hints on how I can open this puppy?
> >
> > Devon
> >
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