I'm still on the lookout for a selftimer lever. My wife's visiting San
Francisco at the end of next week, so if anyone has one in N Am up for
grabs please let me know. I could make payment by paypal.
Thanks,
James
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:58:47 -0500, "PhotoSphere Olympus Camera Service"
<olyfix@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> There are two versions of the selftimer lever (of course!) -- original
> metal, replaced with plastic. You've got the plastic one. The tab on
> the
> end should be square, not beveled. You'll need to get a replacement
> selftimer lever. Fortunately, any plastic selftimer lever will do, from
> any
> OM-1/1n or 2/2n.
>
> If the retainer for the selftimer lever is loosened, the small arm
> underneath will "buzz" back to the stop. This arm is under spring
> tension,
> and should be pulled away from the stop before the lever is replaced. If
> it
> isn't, the selftimer lever will end up on the wrong side of the arm, or
> if
> the retainer is tightened with the tab on top of the arm, it will be
> damaged.
>
> Before installing the replacement selftimer lever, first pull the small
> tab
> you move to activate the selftimer _away_ from the lens mount. Then
> you'll
> need to turn the small arm around the base of the selftimer shaft away
> from
> it's stop -- reach in with a small screwdriver or something and rotate it
> away from the stop. If you don't turn it far enough, it will start
> "buzzing" back down as soon as you let go of it, so be sure to move it
> enough. There should be a small brass or steel spacer around the
> selftimer
> shaft, then the selftimer lever, a spring washer, and finally the
> retainer
> (counter-clockwise threads).
>
>
>
>
> >
> > I've been meaning to ask this one for a while. The self-timer lever on
> > my OM2n has stopped working. It feels like the plastic lever doesn't
> > 'reach' the underlying mechanism fully and it just slips over the top of
> > it instead of moving anything. As a picture is worth a thousand words I
> > will at this point just refer you to the photo at this link:
> >
> > http://web.mac.com/royalljames/iWeb/OM/
> >
> > Alternatively maybe I should just buy another body so I can compare the
> > part on both cameras...
> >
> > James
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> > jamesroyall@xxxxxxxxxxx
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