Inside of the md cap is pretty fragile and will go over its stop point quite
easily. Maybe he crazy glued it on.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "derek fong" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Best way to remove stuck motor drive cap on OM-2
> On 08.21.2002 5:49 pm, "Jim Brokaw" <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > OM-2 motor drive cover is a bayonet fitting... there are internal
flanges
> > and notches in the cover and camera body. On the cover you should see a
> > small dimple or dot. There should be a similiar dimple or dot near the
motor
> > drive cover on the base of the camera. When these two dimples are
aligned
> > the cover flanges interlock is released. The cover and baseplate are
both
> > brass, so its possible that there could be corrosion sticking them
together.
> > If so, you will probably see some signs of blue-green corrosion around
the
> > cover.
>
> Aye, there's no outward sign of corrosion, but I suspect it must be
> something like that. Either the previous owner tightened it so much that
it
> got stuck in this state or there's something keeping it shut (i.e., rust
or
> similar fun stuff). At this point, I'm happy to just get the thing off
> because the cap has already been scratched up a bit by the previous owner
> and myself. Would removing the base plate (as Moose suggested) allow me
to
> easily remove the cap (or aid in removing it) from the inside part of the
> base plate? My only reservation is that removing the base plate will
> probably end up removing some black paint from the two screw areas. It's
> one thing to have a scratched up MD cap, but it's another to have paint
> removed from the base plate...
>
> Thanks!
>
> -f
>
>
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