And don't forget to wind the self timer before taking apart because
otherwise, the inner mechanism will unwind as you take the lever off. It is
simply easier if you wind it up before disassembly.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Dapoz" <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: om1 came
| On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Stephan VAN DEN ZEGEL wrote:
|
| > for the selftimer... the two little holes are used to open the screw...
| > (attention the metal is fragile...) by the way it unscrews the wrong way
| > round... screwing is unscrewing...
|
| The best way to remove the self timer retaining screw is to use a rubber
| stopper or some other suitable rubber tool. Don't try using a spanner in
| the little holes, you'll just end up damaging the trim plate.
Alternatively,
| you could try carefully lifting off the trim plate via one of the holes
and
| then use a spanner on the holes in the screw itself. I find the rubber
stopper
| method works better. Don't forget that it's a left hand thread!
| -mark
|
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