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Subject: [OM] Re: Before I Break It
From: "Lawrence Plummer" <plummerl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:19:21 -0700
Yes, the small, plastic tab with the white line (part CA9077).  Looking at
the OM-1 Repair Manual (The Olympus Hardware Resource Page), it appears that
it is cemented on.  The arm that I have does not have a hole.
 
> Are you speaking of the small plastic tab with the white line that you 
> push to start the self-timer?  If so, on all but the very earliest 
> types, it's just glued in place.  The part comes new with a small 
> round plastic post sticking out the back that used to fit in a hole on 
> the arm it's attached to -- the post is melted wide to keep the tab in 
> place on the older type arms.  Later arms don't have a hole, so the 
> post is just sheared off and the tab is glued onto the arm.  We 
> usually used a tiny dot of superglue.
 

 



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