Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi again After taking my cover off and looking at the goo in the threads, I actually think it may be some of that white silicone paste used to make good the thermal contact between electronic components and their heat sinks. Seems to work like a charm, whatever it is.... Hi > >I know I had this problem and I asked the Leica agent's repairs person. He >took it and put a small amount of some substance on the screw thread, i'm >not sure what, which seemed to keep it reasonably tight. I think it is some >sort of rubber cement enough of which stays in the thread when taking it on >and off, to remain useful after the 5 or 10 times I've unscrewed it. > >Harold > >> Apart from tightening the cover, has anyone tried other ways of keeping >>the cover on? I think J. Eastland recommended using a slotted battery >>cover (chrome finish) from an R camera. Has anyone tried this? How about >>using some black tape over the cover to keep it in place? The M retro >>look! It's hard to believe that one would have to resort to using this >>approach on a 7K camera/lens combo. >> >> >