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Bruce

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Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 06:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Greetings, I have a Minolta XE-7 with an erratic meter. It is erratic when the lens (aperture ring) is lightly rocked back and forth. I am assuming it has a "stained" (dirty) aperture sensing resistor. I don't have an exploded view or repair manual. Can someone tell me where the resistor assembly is located in the XE-7? Thanks, Bruce
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henry

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Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 08:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Sounds like you are right. Unfortunately that resistor strip isn't easy to get to. But fortunately I have a service manual. Contact me via email and I'll copy and paste a couple pages. The whole manual is far too huge to email.

Henry
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Bruce

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Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 09:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Thanks Henry, I would appreciate a few pages. I have sent you an email.
Regards, Bruce
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henry

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Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 12:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

In my typical, haphazard way I sent you two pages in an email. Then thought maybe you'd like to see the wiring diagram, so sent a second email. And then... I thought...maybe Bruce would like to test his cleaning job before putting the cover on, so sent a fourth page in a third email.

Glad this is cyberspace. I'd go broke if I sent that many snail-mail letters every time someone asks a question.

Henry
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Bruce

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Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 05:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Thanks to Henry, XE-7 is working again. Resistor assembly was indeed stained (probably nicotine from it's former home).
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pggp

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Posted on Monday, February 28, 2005 - 05:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I have an XE-1. It works fine, but the exposure meter 'cheats' about 1EV (all pictures are underexposured). My friend can set/repair it, if he would have a Service Guide. Could you send the relevant pages me, please? Or could you put the whole file (50-70 MB) on a public FTP server?

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