Hi Don, I already have the MX service manual and, while it is useful for disassembly and assembly there isn't much help in troubleshooting. So I was hoping some one would tell me, "you tale off the bottom plate, ajust the whatsit and put a smudge of grease on the thingme and it will work..." or at lease suggest the first things to look at. I am confident I can disassemble, less confident that I can reassemble, so want to do only the minimum! Grant
> -----Original Message----- > From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: MX mirror sticking > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I too work on older Pentaxes, but your questions are a bit outside the scope of what e-mail can handle. > There is however a wonderful collection of service manuals provided by one of our generous list members, Mark Roberts. > It can be found here: > http://www.robertstech.com/pentax.htm > > HTH > Don > > BTW: Thanks again Mark! ;-) >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Grunt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:55 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML >> Subject: MX mirror sticking >> >> >> Hello, >> I have recently become a Pentax M-series collector... on a budget. I >> have made some very nice purchases and some less successful, so I will >> be using this forum as a resource to try to transform some of my parts >> cameras into working collectables (see recent post on 2 MGs). >> >> My latest buy is an MX advertised as used working condition, but when >> I tried it the mirror sticks up at speeds of 1/60 and less. At 1/125 >> and up everything seems OK. >> I believe I read somewhere that there are separated mechanisms >> involved for these speed ranges which would seem to give an idea of >> where to start looking. What are the first things to check, and what >> are the chances of a generally mechanically competent beginner to >> solve the problem? >> >> A second observation is that the light meter LEDs are unstable, like a >> dirty or loose connection perhaps. They seem to indicate a reasonable >> reading and respond normally to the speed and f-stop adjustments - >> then they flicker a bit. If I tap the camera with my hand that seems >> to set them off. >> Any ideas >> on what I should check/clean/tighten? >> >> I also have an ME F with the original SMC Pentax AF 35-70/2.8 lense, >> which does not do any of the AF things they are supposed to do... but >> that's another project for another post. >> >> Thanks again, >> Grant H >>
