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Author Message   Gez Tinkerer Username: Gez Post Number: 254 Registered: 09-2007 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 04:47 am:    There is a thread in the archive from 2009 relating to metering problems, but is not particularly informative. I have an XE-1 with a similar problem where the meter needle won't reach 1/1000 even in very bright light. The service manual gives some detailed procedures for calibrating the response and replacing a resistor to achieve full scale deflection, but it didn't work. I suspect there is a partial short somewhere in the circuit board. The tilted speed indication could be due to a past 'service'. Set the speed to 1000 and remove the plastic top cover and the wind-side cover. The pulley cord terminates on a collar around the speed setting shaft. Loosen the grub screw on the side and rotate the collar either CW or CCW to straighten the display. If you have to move the collar beyond its normal range of travel the screw holding a star shaped washer, near the front of the pentaprism, will need adjustment, but that shouldn't be necessary.