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Re: [OM] sticky wind lever

Subject: Re: [OM] sticky wind lever
From: "Clemente Colayco" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 03:52:29 +0800
You could be right, but the thought of owning more so using an OM 3 for USD
80 is tempting is it not? Oh yes, the fixing will cost +++

----- Original Message -----
From: <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] sticky wind lever


> Hi, Titoy --
>
> $80?  Something's wrong!
>
> The 4t uses the same collar so you're OK for now.  And I don't have any 3
tops
> left at all -- sorry!
>
> Clint
>
>
>
> Clemente Colayco wrote:
>
> > aside from lacking the bearings, if its the collar thats worn, is this
the
> > same part as used in other OM bodies?
> >
> > Reason I am asking is that I have been staring at that sorry looking oM
3
> > for months resisting the thought of buying it. I did try to work it and
the
> > multi spot meter seems to work and at a price of Usd 80 it seems
tempting.
> > But do I need one? No.....do I like one? Honestly yes.. Oh this is not
> > healthy! I actually wish it get sold but over here no one is interested
in
> > OM.
> >
> > Now just in case I buy this battle scarred OM 3, do you hve even a
second
> > hand top cover, something with a bit more paint and no dent?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Titoy
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 3:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: [OM] sticky wind lever
> >
> > > Missing bearings perhaps?  The holes in the collar they sit in
sometimes
> > wear
> > > out, so that they can slip out.  That or someone "lost" them.
> > >
> > > Clemente Colayco wrote:
> > >
> > > > What if the opposite is happening, I mean I do not feel the detents.
A
> > badly
> > > > brassed but seeminlgy functional OM 3 is sitting at a local shop
where
> > the
> > > > lever swings out without an resistance.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > Titoy
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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