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     Ethostech Tinkerer Username: Ethostech Post Number: 18 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A |
Removal of the MG top-plate is sequentially as follows: If the camera is capable of having its shutter uncocked - then make it so, Remove batteries too. Remove the film advance lever central cap with a rubber tool. It is left-hand threaded so therefore unscrews clockwise. Also left-hand threaded is the slotted nut now to be seen. Remove this and lift off the advance lever and the wavy washer beneath. Film rewind knob unscrews conventionally. Set the ASA to 100 or some arbitary figure which you will remember when it comes to reassembly. Remove the circlip on the hub. (can be tricky if you don't have a pair of "squeeze to open the points" circlip pliers.) Lift off the two part ASA dial. Set the shutter mode dial to Auto. Remove three visible screws from the top of the top-plate and note their lengths are different. Remove the pair of screws from the rear skirt of the top-plate as at either side of the eyepiece. The shutter mode dial stays with the top-plate. The flash-shoe connections are by leaf contact and the top-plate simply lifts away from them. No desoldering necessary. Only one particular caution to note. The shutter release button has a free floating brass ferrule underside. This is what moves when a cable release is used. It "may" fall out when the top-plate is removed and find its way into the guts of the camera. Therefore - always ease off the top-plate whilst the camera is flat on its back. Your very first inspection is to confirm that the aforesaid brass ferrule is still captive underside the shutter release button. Reassembly is the reverse of everything here. |