Re: [Leica] Leica Seals

[Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>]

R.E. David's post,
Right on all counts except one (nitpicky) detail.....ANY repair 
on ANY M-series Leica except curtain tension/brake adjustment 
requires the seal to be removed, not just "OVERHAUL".
In fact, on that M4-P - M6 garbage that I own, even the vertical 
rangefinder adjustment requires top removal, thanks to some 
ridiculously stupid german engineer deciding that we'd be happy 
with the factory's half-assed attempt at adjustment.....BTW, 
the same idiot decided that the adjustment needed to be GLUED--
after 30 years with no problems without glue.....Please God 
bring back the Nikon RFDRs -- I'll sell my mother to buy one....

Walt

On Sat, 5
Dec 1998 inyoung@jps.net wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>  As far as I know, there are several Leica seals, L, Y, and C.  Leitz used
> the seals through the early production run of the M4-2.  L for Wetzlar, Y
> for Leitz New York, and C for Leitz Canada.  As you said, major overhaul
> required the seal broken.  The original seal means the body has never been
> overhauled.  I have heard that DAG uses his seal "92".  I have heard
> nothing about any seal on the M6 or later model than the M4-2.
> 
> Best Wishes,
> David
> 
> At 04:49 PM 12/05/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Can anyone enlighten me about the small black seal above the M lens mount.
> >Didn't an L stamped into the wax indicate that the camera was never
> >worked on (opened up)? I looked at a friend's recently purchased M3 (in
> >virtually new condition) and noticed that there was nothing stamped in. .
> .just
> >slightly uneven wax. I checked my own M6 bodies. . .an older classic
> >(never repaired) also had no marking . . .but a more recent M6HM had
> >a distinct x stamped in.  What's the story and what happened to the L?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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