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Juliard1
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Username: Juliard1
Post Number: 12
Registered: 04-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 10:31 am: | 
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Can anyone tell me if there is a common reason for K1000 light meter problems. I can proceed stepwise but maybe somebody already knows of a common problem. |
Gez
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Username: Gez
Post Number: 209
Registered: 09-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 02:22 pm: |
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Check out Gordon Stalker's pentax site, www.mypentax.com. Has clear details on recalibrating a K1000 meter. |
Don
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Username: Don
Post Number: 53
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 - 11:33 am: |
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If the needle is ctr'd, then you have an open. Remove the bottom & check the black wire to the battery box as it sometimes come loose. Remove the 2 BBox screws & very carefully move the bbox to check. BBox is stainless steel & hard to solder but I've put a small dab of solder on the wire & flattened the solder so it can be pressed under a small "lip" on the back of the box. If thats not it, remove the top per the instr's on the above site & check the washered ground screw on the rewind side. Remove & clean it's area & the screw. Also check the black wire coming from the bbox. IIRC, there's another ground on the speed resistor. |
