Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

[OM] [OT] changing the foam of a Canonet QL17

Subject: [OM] [OT] changing the foam of a Canonet QL17
From: Manuel Viet <oly@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:00:52 +0200
Hello,

I'm sorry for being OT, but while I was waiting to find an Olympus 35 RC, RD 
or SP (they are pretty rare in France, as far as I can tell), I came by a 
Canonet ; the seller thought it was broken, so I had it for nearly nothing. 

As things turned out, it's in fact almost in working order. I unjammed it, 
cleaned the hazy viewfinder, tested it with a battery, and it works. But the 
sealing foam is as bad as can be (to the point it has starded to leave 
permanent marks on the chromes...). So I cleaned most of it with naphta, but 
the QL system stand in the way, and there are places around the back hinge 
that are not reachable. But I can't figure out how (if it's possible) to 
release the QL system from the back.

So, as I know some of the readers here sometimes have non-olympus cameras, I 
was wondering if someone faced and solved the same problem. Any help would be 
appreciated. Of, course, I've already done my google-homework, but didn't 
found something useful - it maybe that I wasn't looking in the right 
direction, though. All the sites I looked were along the line of  'clean and 
replace the rotten foam' wich didn't help a bit. Of course, with hours of 
patience, I might be able to clean this place with a tooth pick, but if I can 
have it done with Q-tips, it would be a lot easier.

TIA,
-- 
Manuel Viet


==============================================
List usage info:     http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies:        olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz