I always hold on to my "dead" bodies for parts rather than give away or sell for next to nothing. For example I recently had a black spot f CLA'd and a couple of the parts in the finder were damaged. My tech replaced them from a dead body I sent along at no extra charge even though he had to open up the dead one to get at the parts.....
p.s. I currently have about a half dozen "dead" Pentax SM bodies and they aren't for sale..... JCO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 4:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: salvage repair shop? Can anyone name any reputable repair shop or repair person that uses salvaged old pentax parts to repair old pentaxes? I'm asking not because I want to get gear repaired, but rather because I have an MX, K2 and SMC Takumar 20mm that are all broken and declared irreparable for lack of parts by my very good local repair shop. If there is some repair shop known to the Pentax user community that could cannabalize these items for parts and keep other Pentaxes going then I'd be happy to send them along for free knowing that they will be put to good use. I'm looking for a reputable shop or repair person simply because I'd like to know that the dead stuff really does get used for repair parts or refurbished into working equipment so that someone benefits from it. DJE
