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<blockquote data-quote="BrianS" data-source="post: 372171" data-attributes="member: 6381">So now I have an almost fully working HM9, battery check not working- but has an unreachable stain under the front cover glass AND a mint-looking HM9 with broken meter.[ATTACH=full]215795[/ATTACH]AND- I'm sure I'll be popping the top again, and hate the short wire that does not allow for the top to be set down when working on the camera. So I switched tops on the two cameras, soldered in an extension to the flash wiring. It works. I also switched the Serial Numbers, which are stamped on the hot shoe cover. And let me clean all the coke-goo from under the hot shoe cover. Yuch.[ATTACH=full]215796[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]215797[/ATTACH]The camera on the right- got the flood cleaning, finder cleaned, gears lubed shown here. You can see the coke stain on the left camera. Does not interfere with the finder, just looks ugly. So- one manual camera only, one with good meter. Both have new seals, ready to go. The camera I bought 50 years ago, seen in the original posts- got the best of the three/ nearly mint leather case and metal cap.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrianS, post: 372171, member: 6381"] So now I have an almost fully working HM9, battery check not working- but has an unreachable stain under the front cover glass AND a mint-looking HM9 with broken meter. [ATTACH type="full" alt="RIMG1078.jpg"]215795[/ATTACH] AND- I'm sure I'll be popping the top again, and hate the short wire that does not allow for the top to be set down when working on the camera. So I switched tops on the two cameras, soldered in an extension to the flash wiring. It works. I also switched the Serial Numbers, which are stamped on the hot shoe cover. And let me clean all the coke-goo from under the hot shoe cover. Yuch. [ATTACH type="full" alt="RIMG1079.jpg"]215796[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="RIMG1080.jpg"]215797[/ATTACH] The camera on the right- got the flood cleaning, finder cleaned, gears lubed shown here. You can see the coke stain on the left camera. Does not interfere with the finder, just looks ugly. So- one manual camera only, one with good meter. Both have new seals, ready to go. The camera I bought 50 years ago, seen in the original posts- got the best of the three/ nearly mint leather case and metal cap. [/QUOTE]

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