I had something similar happen to my 6x7, though I was able to
salvage the terminal. I suspect from what it looked like that
you should be able to unscrew the retaining ring from the FP
terminal, remove the terminal and put it into the x-sync socket,
then screw the retainer ring in the x-socket in. This presumes
you can get the retaining rings off of both sockets. I sent mine
in for repair when I broke mine, and had the fp socket wired
parallel to the x socket at that time. I can't plug in two
flashes, the circuitry won't handle the load, but if I bust a
socket again, I have redundancy.
William Robb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gianfranco Irlanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: Pentax 6x7 x-synch terminal broken
> Hi everybody,
>
> I've recently jump into the 6x7 world with a nice Pentax 6x7
MLU camera.
> It is almost mint except for the x-sync terminal which is
broken: it seems
> that the central part of the terminal has been hit when a
cable was in it...
> now there is a hole where once was the sync terminal. The
outside ring is
> still there and so is the FP-sync terminal.
> I suppose that the metal lamella now visible provides the
contact.
> My questions:
> 1) There is a relatively easy way to replace the broken
terminal?
> 2) Is it possible to unscrew the terminals and replace the
broken one with the
> FP one?
> 3) Can it be made without opening the body?
> Note that the two tiny notches on the outside ring of the
broken terminal are
> in a pretty bad shape, as somebody tried to unscrew it without
any care.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Gianfranco
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