This sounds like picking the whole thing apart, it sounds complicated. Like something you do by the fire when it's to cold to stay outside. Not a hit and run repair.
BTW. I've got another picture I'll like to show you. A young horse, in lovely lighting. http://www.foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=180362 Comments please. Tim Another Norwegian. -----Original Message----- From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17. juni 2005 23:15 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: DIY repair on a jamed ME-super? I'll give you answer 4 ;-) It's up to you. To reach the lubrication/bumpers you must: 1. Remove top and bottom covers. 2. Remove the 2 front leatherettes. 3. Remove several screws holding the mirror box and prism/viewfinder assemblies. 4. Unsolder all wires going to the winder contacts, main switch, shutter assembly, hotshoe, aperture resistor, film speed resistor and exposure comp. switch. (VERY tiny soldering iron in the 5watt range) 5. Carefully remove the mirror box/viewfinder/ prism assembly watching carefully for paper thin spacers behind the lens mount and VF assy. (The spacers ARE important.) 5. Dis-assemble several linkages to remove old lube and mirror damper bumpers. 6. Re-Lube and replace bumpers if you can find suitable rubber material. 2mm ID, 4mm OD silicone rubber tubing will do. 7. Re-assemble, cleaning as you go. Be CERTAIN that the shutter is COCKED before re-assembly. 8. (Optional) If you are like I was, repeat the above steps 10-12 times to get it right. (My first 3 MES became "parts" cameras, now I can usually re-assemble correctly on the first try. Sound like fun? It IS but I would suggest having 3 or 4 "victims" to practice on! ;-) I've done about 30 of them now, takes 1-3 hours, depending on initial condition. It's the kind of thing I do to relax. ;-) Don
