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Re: [OM] Stuck battery cover on OM2

Subject: Re: [OM] Stuck battery cover on OM2
From: "Jim Caldwell" <jamesfc@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 20:12:28 -0500
Thanks - that's what I did and I was able to remove the battery cover
without any oil!  I thought of that after I posted my question!

Jim Caldwell
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----- Original Message -----
From: "c.e. packard" <packardc@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Stuck battery cover on OM2


> You might want to remove the bottom plate before applying the
> penetrating oil. There have been past threads concerning the damaging
> effects that even a tiny bit of oil, other than the proper lubricant,
> has on the inner workings of our OMs.
> -Charles Packard
>
> "Timpe, Jim" wrote:
> >
> > Small explosive charges are known to work.  Actually, a little
penetrating
> > oil (little being the operative word here) in the battery opening
allowed to
> > work might do it.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > I just picked up a bargain camera - a nice little black OM2 - which I
was
> > told was "locked up".  I asked the owner if he had tried new batteries
and
> > used the reset.  He didn't care - he picked the camera up from someone
else
> > and didn't want it.  As I suspected, I tripped the reset and the mirror
> > returned and the shutter activated!  However, I haven't been able to get
the
> > battery cover off - any clues as to how to remove a stuck battery cover?
>
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