Was the leather reglued recently? Sounds like the backlatch is glued. One
way to open back is to peel up leather at that end, take latch cover off
(don't loose the little spacers)
and lift latch manually (or clean out glue first.)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger D. Key" <rdk@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 4:15 AM
Subject: [OM] Back door problems
>
> Rec ently I sold an OM-2, which the buyer subsequently returned in
exchange
> for a (more expensive) OM-1n. I can not remember whether I checked the
> OM-2, but now I find that I can not open the back. Normally there is a
> spring resistance when you lift the rewind knob, and pulling it up further
> releases the door. Now I get no spring resistance, and the door remains
> locked.
>
> Is there a way of opening it now? I can remember description of problems
> where the rewind 'fork' has been removed in connection with removing the
> top cover.
> My buyer is pretty genuine, so it is hard to imagine that he did anything
> without telling me.
>
> Roger Key, Copenhagen
>
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