Nobody's mentioned this....but John H's website has directions for refoaming
that say to let the glue DRY before closing the door, lest you should find
it glued shut permanently!
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On 4/11/08 6:11 PM, "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Someone on another (non-Oly) list has re-foamed his XA and now the back
> won't open. My suspicion is that he stuck foam in the latch area which
> I suspect doesn't require any foam and that the foam in interfering with
> the lifting of the latch by the rewind knob. I asked him if he did that
> and he says he doesn't remember. I haven't owned an XA in several years
> and don't really remember the latch mechanism but I suspect it's very
> similar to the OM's and other SLR's which use a light trap design in the
> latch area that does not require a foam or other compressible seal.
>
> Assuming that this is what happened any advice on how to get around it?
> If this isn't what happened what else might it be?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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