Hello,
So I won a battle but I'm loosing the war.
Finally broke free! I immediately cleaned it and forgot to take a picture of it. Trust me, it was bad. Working perfectly fine. I even put batteries there and my multimeter reads perfect 3V between "chassis" and the positive contact.
"This is an experimental air cooled battery cap design"
One of the 2 batteries trapped there for who knows how many years.
That was the good part.
The bad part is I think this camera may have been dropped. I found a few springs out of place. The viewfinder bezel was also cracked. But the first curtain is dead. I think that is fatal. Also, this spring came out loose from inside. Again, been the smart a$$ I think I am, I looked into the service manual for its location.
But this is all a one piece assembly. I'm on my own trying to figure out where it goes. But I can't take it apart further. That is most likely another dead end.
Scary or cute?
Thanks,