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Re: [OM] Do-it-yourself-service on the OM-4

Subject: Re: [OM] Do-it-yourself-service on the OM-4
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 12:54:03 -0400
The broken screw head will have little or no affect.  Your rewind handle will 
be okay.

John

Christopher Biggs wrote:

> John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake 
> thusly:
>
> > The screw under the rewind handle is for leveling the rewind handle only 
> > and does
> > not have to come out.  It often breaks off when unscrewing is attempted.
>
> Tell me about it...  The ogre who brutalized my OM-1 before I got it
> did that, along with denting the case, losing a bottom-plate screw,
> and ruining the self timer (lever just flops around with nothing
> happening).
>
> (I knew the self timer was broken when I bought the camera, but only
> noticed the rewind screw was broken later on).
>
> Is there any danger of my rewind crank falling off and dropping down a
> well?   The crank seems to be well attached, despite broken screw...
>
> cjb.
>
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