Steve
I received your message regarding Pentax ES II and its problem. Sorry, I am unfamiliar with the camera/problem. I cant help you at this time.
Why not put a message on the general Forums and see what answers are forthcoming.
Cheers.........Bruce.

Recently acquired from ebay, Pentax ES II, cosmetically and optically like new EXCEPT that Viewfinder blind is locked shut, and nothing I do (new batteries, fiddle the shutter-speed dial, battery-test button, exposure-compensation-dial, hitting it, praying) has any effect. I COULD just gestimate the distance frame bygolly, and shoot, and with that lovely Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1.8/55, it would probably come out with a good photograph, ... but with such a beautiful TTL, it seems a shame.

H E L L P !!!

stevnewb