I know I ought to bookmark these things the first time I see them, but...
Is the repair manual for the ME one of the ones that has been
scanned and put online already?
I've got an ME that suffered a fall a while back (I've since
switched brand of camera strap, as the style I was using
managed to let go of two different cameras on different
occasions). Everything seems to work fine except for one
annoying detail: after I advance the film, I have to push
the lever back into place myself; it no longer returns on
its own.
Someone (Fred?) suggested that it was probably a spring
having gotten knocked loose in the bottom, so this afternoon
I finally pulled the bottom plate off, and sure enough, there's
the return spring in plain sight. The end that attaches to
the chassis appears to be properly connected, which means it
must have come loose from the shaft (it doesn't look like it's
coiling when I cock the shutter, so I figure it is in fact a
knocked-loose spring problem instead of something else getting
bent and creating too much friction or something).
What I can't see is how to get at the attachment point without
making a bunch of other, tinier springs go sproing. I'm at
the point now where I have to decide a) whether to press forward,
b) whether to close the thing back up and live with it as it is,
or c) hope that I can save up enough for a professional repair
before it absolutely drives me crazy. (Note that this is my
number four K-mount body, so I shouldn't have to deal with it
all _that_ often ... but it does get its share of film run
through it anyhow.)
Has anyone else here done this repair on an ME or another body
in which that section of the mechanism is the same as an ME?
Pointers? Clues?
Thanks.
-- Glenn, attempting to repair
cameras as an excuse to
procrastinate filling out
my tax return.
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