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     Roland F. Harriston Rating: N/A |
I just took a look at the "carcass" of a Minolta Hi Matic II I found in my "hopeless" bin. Slots or notches on the film advance lever top cap are located on the outer edge (circumference)of the cap at 180 degrees. I have a pair of strong tweezers that have sharp points that I use as a sort of spanner tool to engage the two slots or notches in the cover cap to screw it off. As mentioned, a slightly modified retainer ring tool(points ground down thin) will also work. The threading on the cap is conventional, i.e. counterclock wise to loosen. The caution in removing the cap is not to let whatever tool you use slip and scratch or mar the finished top surface of the cap. For some reason, these caps always seem to be torqued down fairly tight. The top plate is fastened to the camera body with three screws: one on the side of the top plate and two located under the rewind knob. Remember that there is a single wire that is solder connected to the flash shoe on the top plate. Whenever I encounter a wind lever shaft that has dropped down below the top plate upper surface, I use a hooked dental tool inserted into the threaded center bore of the shaft to pull it back up to its normal position. You DO need a set of simple tools to work on cameras. Good Luck Roland F. Harriston |