They should be tight, but not air hammer-torque wrenched tight. I
recently did a 4T where there was some difficulty getting the screws out
due to over tightening. I have screws that are long enough but not
finished to match the bottom cover.
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Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> Mike,
> I seem to remember John H. emphasizing that it was very important to
> tighten base plate screws in situations such as you are experiencing. If you
> are missing screws on the bottom I believe you should have them replaced and
> tightened before looking elsewhere for a problem. Perhaps John has some
> spare screws.
>
> Charlie (who has a screw loose from time to time)
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Mike Lazzari
> <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> You may or may not remember my OM4T problems that I experienced while on
>> our trip to the Oregon coast last summer. The camera would take a few
>> shots and then lock up as if the batteries were dead. A fresh set of
>> batteries allowed another couple of frames. I ordered some Renatas as
>> recently discussed here on the list in order to rule out "old stock"
>> batteries as a cause. After just receiving my order of Renata SR44's and
>> trying them in my OM4T I still get the beep, beep, beep rather than a
>> nice continuous beep. Same batteries function fine in other bodies.
>>
>> I have removed and re tightened the bottom plate screws...but I am
>> missing two of them. Perhaps there is a bad ground?
>>
>> Any other ideas?
>>
>> Mike
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