I ordered the bumpers from Pentax for my PZ-1 and used double sided 3M tape cut to a small sliver to install them. The idea of any liquid type glue in a camera is scary to me! That was almost 2 years ago and they are fine. In the case of my PZ-1 I ripped it trying to change the focus screen, but I would wonder about the rest of the seals if one is bad? The outside seals for the film door are no problem, but aren't there some other ones around the shutter or something? Walmart used to sell a felt that has an adhesive back to it in sheet for like $1. Those work great for film door seals. I think it was my K1000 and a Sears(Ricoh) that I redid both film doors in this manner.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 7:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mirror foam on MX Well with the foam bad you can chip the mirror if you keep using it. Note: Personal experience talking here. However it is a $5 do-it-yourself fix. Basically a 1.5mm wide by 3mm thick piece of foam the width of the mirror. Pentax USA still had the mirror bumper in stock a year ago. Your local Pentax distributor may still have them too. But you can cut a piece of foam to fit. The foam sold by places like http://www.micro-tools.com/docs.htm is softer then the Pentax stuff, mouse pad foam is harder. Contact cement works fine. -- Henri Toivonen wrote: > So, I've been playing around with my "new" MX. > Cleaned it and inspected every aspect of it.. And I found that the foam > that softens the mirror blow has really gone old. It falls off when I > touch it (Why did I have to go and touch it?!). > > Is this bad? Should I start to figure something out to replace that > foam? It sure does give a pretty loud CLACK when the mirror flies up. > > /Henri > > -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html
