I'll give you answer 4 ;-) It's up to you. To reach the lubrication/bumpers you must: 1. Remove top and bottom covers. 2. Remove the 2 front leatherettes. 3. Remove several screws holding the mirror box and prism/viewfinder assemblies. 4. Unsolder all wires going to the winder contacts, main switch, shutter assembly, hotshoe, aperture resistor, film speed resistor and exposure comp. switch. (VERY tiny soldering iron in the 5watt range) 5. Carefully remove the mirror box/viewfinder/ prism assembly watching carefully for paper thin spacers behind the lens mount and VF assy. (The spacers ARE important.) 5. Dis-assemble several linkages to remove old lube and mirror damper bumpers. 6. Re-Lube and replace bumpers if you can find suitable rubber material. 2mm ID, 4mm OD silicone rubber tubing will do. 7. Re-assemble, cleaning as you go. Be CERTAIN that the shutter is COCKED before re-assembly. 8. (Optional) If you are like I was, repeat the above steps 10-12 times to get it right. (My first 3 MES became "parts" cameras, now I can usually re-assemble correctly on the first try.
Sound like fun? It IS but I would suggest having 3 or 4 "victims" to practice on! ;-) I've done about 30 of them now, takes 1-3 hours, depending on initial condition. It's the kind of thing I do to relax. ;-) Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 2:34 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: RE: DIY repair on a jamed ME-super? > > > On Friday Joaquin Carvalho wrote: > > >Whatever you do, never try to clean the focusing screen, don't ask me > >how I know this. > > > > I don't need to ask how. I guess you learned the hard way. I've been told > that the focus screen dislikes cleaning substances. > > ------------- > When it comes to my question about DIY repair I have noticed one member > against, one member pro, and one how. Perhaps I'll put the > question up for a > poll? > > Shall the Tim the Raving Norwegian make an effort on repairing his sons > ME-super on his own? > 1. Yes > 2. No > 3. Don?t know. > -------------- > Silly jokes aside: > William Robb suggests I open the beast from the bottom. I have never been > inside one before. > To me it looks like the shutter is the real problem. > Don Sanderson suggests that sticky lubrication is the problem. My > practical/mechanical sense tells me to clean off the sticky > stuff, and then > replace it. But where in the house is this lubrication? Is it > still sensible > to go in from the bottom? And with what kind of lubrication do I > replace the > sticky stuff with? > > It may sound like madness trying to repair a camera by mail. But I am a > crazy person. I might have some fun trying to fix it. I might even be > successful in my attempt. Even though the odds of succeeding seems bad. > > Tim > Another Norwegian > > >
