Repair Manual

Can anyone please tell me the name of a repair manual for screw mount Leicas. I remember seeing one in the 1980s which went up to the IIIG and I think it was a copy of a genuine factory Leica repair manual. I have also seen a manual which shows all the steps for dismantling and repairing a screwmount camera which I think was written by a hobby repairer. Does anyone know thier titles or where I might find a copy.

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I should appreciate any information.

try this http://www.camerabooks.com/acb/showprod.cfm?

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Oops, sorry that didn't quite cut it. Try camerabooks.com and head

for the Leica section, nice selection there.

The manuals are great fun for seeing how things work and doing

minor adjustments BUT I would not do any major work on a

Leica without one other thing: experience. I can give you a repair

manual for your car but that will not make you a mechanic. Nor

does the possession of a Leica repair manual make you a Leica

repair tech. There is a good deal of information that is not in the

repair manuals, information that can only be learned by working

with an experienced repair tech or by putting in years of work

making many mistakes. How many proceedures have you start

by unbolting this or unscrewing that. What you will not know is

that, after forty years, perhaps it will only come apart with very

special care. Be careful, a little knowledge can be a dangerouis

thing.

John thanks for your wise comments. I wasn't really intending to get

to work servicing or repairing a leica but if a cheap broken one

came along I rather fancy having a go. I know well the years of

experience that goes into repairs of such objects not least the

special tools and micrometers . colimation, etc needed. Also I know

the best Leica repair man in the business and I could never get near

his skill level. No it was just that I'd like to see how the

internals all connect and operate other than just by drawings. I have

repaired the odd clock and camera in an amateur way.

John thanks for your wise comments. I wasn't really intending to get

to work servicing or repairing a leica but if a cheap broken one

came along I rather fancy opening it up. I know well the years of

experience that goes into repairs of such objects not least the

special tools etc. needed. Also I know the best Leica repair man in

the business and I could never get near his skill level. No it was

just that I'd like to see how the internals all connect and operate

other than just by drawings. I have repaired the odd clock and camera

in an amateur way.