Thanks Bob, I appreciate the feedback. I had advertised my ME Super last Friday with the sticky mirror syndrome. Has happened twice in two years. It seems that it may hardly be worth it to repair the M-series anymore, aside from sentimental value.
What does everybody else think about this? Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:39 PM Subject: Re: Price for Fixing Sticky Mirror or CLA > Just fixing a sticky mirror is one thing. CLA on an LX is another. I would expect that if > the infamous sticky mirror problem exists, than it's time for other things as well. There > are seals on the LX that don't last forever. By the time sticky mirror shows up, it may be > prudent to have these replaced as well. This is no small job and the seals are not free. > Further, just checking (let alone adjusting) all the things that need checking on an LX is > somewhat time consuming. I can't imagine that $40 can buy more than an hour's work and > probably less. This would be entirely insufficient to CLA an LX. Three hours with a > knowledgeable and practiced tech with all the appropriate special tools would be about > right, I would think this should be about $150 or there about. > > Just my guess from having watched a thorough job done. > > Regards, > Bob... > -------------------- > "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, > and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us > from the former, for the sake of the latter. > The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls > for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, > and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we > suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, > we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' > It is a very serious consideration that millions yet > unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." > - Samuel Adams, 1771 > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Can someone tell me a ballpark price > > > for fixing a sticky mirror problem > > > and/or a CLA on an ME Super? > > > > Tom, > > A guy on ebay was offering $40 CLA's by mail. > > Perhaps somebody kept the link to his email. > > California - Chula Vista maybe? > > Regards, Bob S. > - > 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 .
