The mirror box foam light seals and back door light seals degrade also. Not an expensive fix. Also check the view finder (focusing screen and mirror) for the greasy black deposits from the degraded foam. If these problems occur, the shop selling it may fix them for you or adjust the price.
Also the flash hot shoe often won't work sometimes. You might want to bring your own lens and flash to test it out, one advantage over ebay. They are great cameras when they are in good working order. Geoff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul C" > Subject: debating on buying an mx.... > > > > Hi all, > > > > Today I came across a used black MX at a local camera store, > and I'm > > debating on whether to buy it or not. Its pretty beat up, lots > of brassing > > and missing one of the screw-in covers on the bottom(not the > battery cover), > > but no dents, they're asking $175 CAN. To me, this seems like > a pretty good > > deal from what I've seen on ebay, but then again, most of the > bodies on ebay > > were in pretty good condition. Does anyone know of anything to > watch out for > > when buying a used MX? Any advice would be much appreciated! > > Watch out for the meter not working, the film advance not > working, the shutter not working (unfortunately, this will pass > casual inspection), and the meter (if it works) not shutting > off. > > According to my repair guy, the MX meters are failure prone > based on age. Apparently the electronics don't age well. The > shutter curtain threads are prone to stretching and falling off > their pulleys. The film advance mechanism can get loose > (sometimes an easy fix, just pull the bottom plate and tighten > the bolt on the bottom of the film take up spool). The meter not > shutting off is a bit more of a job, as the front cover under > the shutter button needs to be pulled off and the length of the > shutter actuator bar has to be adjusted. > William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
