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Author Message   Nickm Tinkerer Username: Nickm Post Number: 5 Registered: 02-2009 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 05:54 pm:    final update: electro 1: swapped rf assembly with electro 2, tested, and meters/focuses perfectly. did a precautionary pod replacement. electro 2: after getting the battery light working, i proceeded to rip apart the entire camera; front, back, top, and bottom. turns out one of the red cables had disconnected from the battery-switch contact in the shutter. after soldering that back on, the over/under lights are back in action. i just processed a test roll and metering is excellent, but the focus point on my negs is a little short. after full disassembly, a little rf adjustment shouldn't be too bad. thanks to all for the input, both here and on rangefinderforum, and yashicaforum. also, here's an invaluable resource for electro repair. couldn't have done this without it. go to: http://www.provins.org.uk/ click on 'instruction books' and then find yashica...