Ah-ha! So the top always comes off for a CLA! John, I love it when you
talk dirty! ;-)
Thanks for that info, it'll be interesting to see if my OM-1 has foam. If
it doesn't (as I hope) it'll maybe save me some $ on the CLA.
Andrew McPhee
At 09:19 AM 17/01/2005 -0500, John Hermanson wrote:
>Yes top always comes off. First to test meter movement during the estimate,
>and second to do the meter circuit modification for silver oxide battery
>use. I have not seen unusual randomness in serial numbers. I had always
>believed that bodies were built using bottom covers that were not
>necessarily stacked in numerical order.
>From: "Andrew McPhee" <macca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> >I have an OM-1 that fits into this serial number range.
> >
> > But I have a question - in light of the recent discussion about OM-1
> > serial
> > numbers it seems that there was a certain randomness about the serial
> > number/production date. John, how does this 'randomness' fit in with what
> > you say about the prism foam?
> >
> > I was going to get the prism foam replaced when I send it in for a CLA but
> > I guess I may not need to after all. Does the top normally come off for a
> > CLA?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 09:22 AM 14/01/2005 -0500, John Hermanson wrote:
> >
> >> From the data I've collected, there is a short production run of plain
> >> OM-1
> >>that were made without prism foam! Serial numbers for those bodies starts
> >>around 1,110,000 (not exact) and goes up until the start of 1N production
> >>(around 1,600,000). Unfortunately, all 1N were made with prism foam.
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