Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01BEDC05.85F621C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Alexander wrote: >Recomendation for good place in NYC to re-foam body seals on Leica R4 >I have a R4 that needs to have the light seals re-foamed. Does anyone = know >someone in the NYC area that is reliable? I'd like to have it back in = about >a week and a half for a trip. Hi Alex My R4 is suffering from the same problem, I haven't obtained new seals = yet but if you can get the seals, maybe by mail, it should be a fairly = easy job to replace them yourself. With some care, a pin, a fine pair of tweezers and some light solvent on = a cotton wool bud the old seals can be cleaned off without a problem, = new seals should go back on without any trouble. I used lens cleaner = instead of solvent to remove the old sticky backing, I had it to hand = and its safer (although less effective), if you do use solvent be = careful around the film window, solvent may react with the plastic. I am waiting on a dealer for a price for new seals. Jason Hall Birmingham, UK - ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01BEDC05.85F621C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2014.210" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Alexander wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>Recomendation for good place in NYC = to re-foam=20 body seals on Leica R4<BR><BR>>I have a R4 that needs to have the = light seals=20 re-foamed. Does anyone know<BR>>someone in the NYC area that is = reliable? I'd like to have it back in about<BR>>a week and a = half for a=20 trip.<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Alex</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My R4 is suffering from the same = problem, I haven't=20 obtained new seals yet but if you can get the seals, maybe by mail, it = should be=20 a fairly easy job to replace them yourself.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>With some care, a pin, a fine pair of = tweezers and=20 some light solvent on a cotton wool bud the old seals can be cleaned off = without=20 a problem, new seals should go back on without any trouble. I used = lens=20 cleaner instead of solvent to remove the old sticky backing, I had it to = hand=20 and its safer (although less effective), if you do use solvent be = careful around=20 the film window, solvent may react with the plastic.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am waiting on a dealer for a price = for new=20 seals.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jason Hall</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Birmingham, UK</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01BEDC05.85F621C0--