on 2/20/04 4:01 PM, Moose at olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> The other significant problem John H. warns about is a plastic
> piece in the rewind mechanism that fails from age and use and is no
> longer available. If the rewind button comes back up when the shutter is
> wound, it doesn't have this particular problem. I recently bought a
> parts body where this seems likely to be the problem.
>
> A real shame these weren't built a bit better in those crucial little
> details, they are really nice cameras.
>
> Moose
Moose - if you can get at the specific part, you maybe could 'file one up'
out of a chunk of aluminum... it would probably last forever. Of course, if
you have access to any machine tools this saves a lot of filing... <g>
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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