Thank you all who responded to my question. I am sorry I didn't reply earlier, I was quite busy these few days.
I have been inside the spottie already (to clean and lube the shutter spindles), but never yet under the top cover. The battery chamber I checked first, then I checked the connection under the switch under the front standard. All working. So it must be something in the prism area, either bad meter coil or bad soldering (hopefully). The pitfall of the reverse-threaded screw under the wind lever is very good to know, thanks! I would really hate having to trash the entire assembly if I busted this one screw (or dremel cutting a slot into what would be left of the screw once the head snapped off). Again, thank you all for a very good description. Also I thank very much these who replied off-list. I will keep you posted what the culprit was :) Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - 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 .
