<p>Good morning... Andrea.<br /><br />that is a long time ago that I have been here, really. The analogue problems with my OM-2 are far behind me, although I never got the camera working again. It was simply to much to dig in a second time, and in the mean time I went digital. Still, I have the camera here in my possession.<br /><br />What I can remember: cleaning the small surface between magnet-core and lever would get it working again, every time, but in no time the same problem occurred.<br /><br />My thoughts are:<br />as far as i could see, that foam is also used to light-seal the curtains of the shutter, two long narrow strips on top and below. And since I did not de-assemble the shutter, the stuff is still there to be spread with ever release of that shutter. It is a guess, but I am fairly convinced.<br /><br />I do not think that the stuff penetrated the coil & core, since cleaning resolves the problem for a short while.<br /><br />I hope this info serves your insight in the problem.<br /><br />Erik den Houter</p>
