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Re: [OM] Re: OM-1 zum Ausschlachten

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: OM-1 zum Ausschlachten
From: andrew fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:38:35 +1000
Yes - there was some kind of heat exchanger with the exhaust with the bug I
had - always worried me that if it rusted out, I'd get exhaust gases in the
cabin. My son got it before it got me, though.
AndrewF


>The old bugs drew hot air off the engine.  And it was HOT.
>
>John  Hermanson

>
>
>| on 7/23/01 7:44 AM, John Hermanson at omtech@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>|
>| > If the fire was hot enough, plastic parts shrink.  I remember the poor
>guy
>| > who raced down to Olympus is Woodbury, with his OM-1 on the floor of his
>VW,
>| > sitting next to THE HEATING DUCT.  By the time he got to Olympus, (he
>just
>| > wanted a cla,)  camera was beyond repair,  sprocket had shrunk, curtains
>| > melted, focus screen melted.  Poor guy............
>| >
>| > John  Hermanson
>|
>| That must have been one strong heater... although I recall some VW's had
>| gas-fired heat, because of the air cooled engine. Scary anyway, but if it
>| could 'melt-out' an OM-1 I wouldn't want my ankle near it!
>| --
>|
>| Jim Brokaw
>| OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...



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