Odd that a 2N would have the screw, usually found on the oldest OM-1s.
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From: <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] another OM part
> Both the OM-2 and OM-2n should have the same spring-loaded pin in the
center of
> the gear under the MD cap to push the MD cap off when it's being removed.
> Without that pin, it would be very difficult to remove the MD cap.
>
> The only OM's that did not have that pin were the very earliest original
OM-1
> and M-1 cameras that were non-MD models, meaning they did not have an
opening
> for the motor drive or winder, or the switch that runs them. If you have
an
> OM-2 or OM-2n without this pin, someone has removed it and replaced it
with a
> screw, perhaps from an old original OM-1. Note that it is (or should be)
a
> reverse-thread screw -- turning it clockwise should unscrew it, NOT
> counter-clockwise.
>
> Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm about to keep a 2n for spare parts.
> > Opening the motor drive cap, I observed side by side the gear mechanism
with
> > my older 2. Where my 2 has a sort of pin which is pressed down and
another
> > concentric piece, the 2n has only a screw and a third concentric piece.
> > Could not find this diagram in the service manual at the dementia
website.
> > Maybe someone coul point it out to me.
> > Is this another "hard to get" part which often breaks or falls down... ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Fernando.
> >
>
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