Had a brutal week fixing four Olympus OM-1s in a row

Every single one had a different issue - sticky shutter, fungus in the viewfinder, broken light seal, and a dead meter. Has anyone else dealt with that many of the same model coming in at once?

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the_tara17d ago

Oh man, that is a rough streak. I went through something similar about two years ago with three OM-1s in one month. The thing that really saved me was writing down every step for each repair as I went, even if I thought I'd remember it. For the sticky shutter on one of them, I actually had to slow down and clean the blades with lighter fluid on a Q-tip, then cycle the shutter a hundred times to loosen it back up. And for the dead meter, I traced it to a corroded battery contact that looked clean until I scraped it with a tiny screwdriver. Patience and notes are the only things that got me through that pile without losing my mind.

cameron77017d agoMost Upvoted

That lighter fluid trick on the shutter blades is one of those things you'd never try unless you were desperate. I had a Canon FTb where the slow speeds were dragging and a single drop of naphtha on a q-tip fixed it instantly after I'd been fighting with it for days.