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Old February 17th 06, 02:18 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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ITSME.ULTIMATE wrote:
I picked up a circa 1978 Ricoh SLR from Good Will. I checked all the
mechanical motions before buying and they worked good, but upon closer
inspection after getting home, I discovered the mirror rest foam have
turned into black goo. I cleaned off the old foam with solvent and a
piece of rubber foam I got from a local camera shop.

I thought all is well, but I found more gooey black molten rubber foam
in the rear cover. I could replace the foam on the sides without much
pain, but the foam in the top and bottom grooves are only a millimeter
thick or so and I'm not sure how to source the part or fix it.

Do I absolutely have to replace the foam at the rear cover?


Maybe, maybe not...

You can find affordable foam kits on a well-known auction site.
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Old February 17th 06, 08:58 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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"Chris Loffredo" wrote in message
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ITSME.ULTIMATE wrote:
I picked up a circa 1978 Ricoh SLR from Good Will. I checked all the
mechanical motions before buying and they worked good, but upon closer
inspection after getting home, I discovered the mirror rest foam have
turned into black goo. I cleaned off the old foam with solvent and a
piece of rubber foam I got from a local camera shop. I thought all is
well, but I found more gooey black molten rubber foam in the rear cover.
I could replace the foam on the sides without much pain, but the foam in
the top and bottom grooves are only a millimeter thick or so and I'm not
sure how to source the part or fix it. Do I absolutely have to replace
the foam at the rear cover?


Maybe, maybe not...

You can find affordable foam kits on a well-known auction site.


A thin slice of foam from an old mouse pad does a good enough job - just
wedge it into the grooves - but leave a gap in the upper groove for the film
counter zero resetter (if you have one there on that Ricoh model).

NF


 




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