Unless the discarded body is new, the old foam is probably in bad shape too.
I sell lots of foam sets. The hinge and mirror pieces are self stick, the
slot pieces should be glued in , though some may have found that just
pressing it into the slot works. It's very important that ALL old slot foam
is removed.
There are, for all practical purposes, no problems or parts issues regarding
the overhauling of old OM bodies.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
631-424-2121 For Free Olympus manuals,
please call 1-800-221-3000
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Mats.Elfstrom@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:57 AM
Subject: [OM] Foam replacement kits and camera shop experiences
> Hi All!
>
> I would like to hear if anyone has succeeded replacing the gooey foam, as
> described and sold by Camtech. Is it still available by the way?
> I checked with the only authorized Olympus shop here in Sweden and they
had
> never heard of any readymade kits for the foam, nor of the battery adapter
> for om-1.
>
> For the foam, they suggested taking it from a discarded body (which seems
to
> indicate they did not know what I meant), and claimed that the only way to
> deal with the battery problem was to rebuild the camera with Olympus'
> special kit.
>
> They also seemed very reluctant to handle 'such old cameras' at all and
> stated that they did not guarantee any repairs on om-1 and om-2 bodies
> (sic).
>
> How is it in other parts of the world? From what I have gathered from this
> list and some websites (american) are om-1 and om-2 repairs, overhauls and
> rebuilds common practice with no reservations.
>
> Regards, Mats.E
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> Mats Elfstrom, GIS-engineer mats.elfstrom@xxxxxxxx
> Sycon Teknikkonsult AB ICQ# 9517386
> 205 09 MALMO tel +46 (0)40 256016 cell +46 (0)705 276027
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