Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, here is a detailed photo of the mechanism. https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1231276_10151883763689783_1521242031_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1002618_10151883763919783_124200434_n.jpg It is my M5 "teaching body". You can see the stalk mechanism clearly. Is the shutter cocked? It needs to be cocked to engage the lever to raise the stalk. Easy is relative, you need to take the light shield off, which means to take off the RF arm. So, could be lots of disassembly to get to it. Vick On 14/12/2013 1:57 AM, Mark Kronquist wrote: > Bought a beater M5 knowing it had this issue...meter stalk does not come > out...not even when you attempt to fake the override with a SM to M adapter > > thoughts > > F16 and be there? EZ Fix? > > Was priced right and sold with all flaws acknowledged by Blue Moon > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >