I broke and lost a piece of the copper contact in the battery compartment of my Spotmatic F. When I had a CLA done, I asked to have this repaired. They lapped a piece of similar copper contact over the stub that remained and soldered them together. Has worked just fine since. If your good with a fine soldering, which I am not, you might try this.
Otis David Weiss wrote: > Hi, > > Just received my "pristine" Spotmatic F from > ebay--well, sort of pristine, except the battery > compartment has a leaking battery in it. The copper > contact has corroded off (actually, it fell into my > lap after I removed the battery). It makes me wonder > how the seller knew the meter was working. > > I might try to attempt to remove the bottom plate. Can > someone give me some general advice as to any problems > I might encounter? Any strange wires or springs? I > am hoping to find a little wire in there that I might > solder a piece of copper foil onto. > > BTW, this package included a spotmatic F manual > written in French (I think). Do you think this should > have been mentioned in the ad? Anyone want to deal > for it? > > And the case is missing the metal piece that attaches > the bottom to the top, the little half moon. > > I would say about the last 8 of 10 ebay auctions I > have won have ended up this way. I do not know how > you folks always avoid such hassles. > > Any advice concerning fixing the battery > compartment/removing the bottom plate would be much > appreciated. > > Dave > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > - > 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 .
