It's fixed - Re: How to remove ME winding lever?

2006-02-22 Thread Jon Myers
Finally got it apart. Found a stray scrap of metal of some sort - no idea what it broke off of. It's in the shape of a thin tab with a bump like a contact of some sort in the end. It had gotten in the works in the bottom of the body, jamming the mechanism. Removed it and the camera functions

Re: It's fixed - Re: How to remove ME winding lever?

2006-02-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Jon Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only problem I see now is the winding lever and cap are rather badly gashed up. I got impatient and used a bit of an industrial strength tool on the cap that put a deep gash in it as well as some scratches on the lever. I'd like to find replacements for these,

RE: It's fixed - Re: How to remove ME winding lever?

2006-02-22 Thread Don Sanderson
it's out a bit. ;-( Don -Original Message- From: Jon Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:01 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: It's fixed - Re: How to remove ME winding lever? Finally got it apart. Found a stray scrap of metal of some sort

Re: How to remove ME winding lever?

2006-02-21 Thread John Whittingham
-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:55:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: How to remove ME winding lever? My ME SE has taken spells of locking up the mirror, transport, or shutter release lately. Have studied various sites detailing trouble spots for these cameras, and am trying to disassemble

RE: How to remove ME winding lever?

2006-02-21 Thread Don Sanderson
answer I've found. Even then I scratch a few. And yes, it is clockwise to loosen. HTH Don -Original Message- From: Jon Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 11:55 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: How to remove ME winding lever? My ME SE has taken

RE: How to remove ME winding lever?

2006-02-21 Thread Grunt
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:55:16 -0800 (PST) From: Jon Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: How to remove ME winding lever? Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Do I understand correctly that the plain

Re: How to remove ME winding lever?

2006-02-21 Thread Grunt
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:55:16 -0800 (PST) From: Jon Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: How to remove ME winding lever? Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Do I understand correctly

How to remove ME winding lever?

2006-02-20 Thread Jon Myers
My ME SE has taken spells of locking up the mirror, transport, or shutter release lately. Have studied various sites detailing trouble spots for these cameras, and am trying to disassemble the body for repairs - but I can't seem to get the wind lever off. Do I understand correctly that the plain