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Subject: Re: [OM] Taking the top off
From: Mark Marr-Lyon <markml@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 18:36:37 -0700
"Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How do I get the wind side off?  I know the ASA knob stays on the top.

You need a tool to fit in the small holes on top of the wind lever. You can use a small rubber stopper to take off the top trim plate (unless it's already all scratched up, in which case it doesn't really matter) which is just glued on. After removing the top piece, then the wind lever (and plastic trim piece and small washer) will come off. Now, unscrew the aluminum disc with two holes in it too. Finally, you will also need to unscrew the small nut around the hot shoe connection. I have used a sturdy tweezers for both of these tasks, but a real tool is infinitely better. If you've gotten the two small phillips screws out from under the rewind knob, the top should now come off, causing the back latch spring to fly out with surprising velocity, which will then bury itself into the carpet with a surprising ability to camouflage itself. Not that this has ever happened to me, of course...

Hopefully, you can determine what's causing the latch to stick now. If the leather has been reglued, the latch may have been glued shut. If you can break the glue loose, a bit of working it should cause it to loosen up.

Mark.


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