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[Leopost]

Hi,  
I've been shooting digital for the past few years and I've finally made the conservative effort to shoot film.
I ordered three cameras off of eBay -- an Olympus OM-1, Olympus Pen EES-2, and a Petri FTee, along with a few cool lenses

[Mikel]

Let me start with the most difficult of these cameras to repair.
 
That would be the Petri. Like all of the early shutter preferred auto SLR's, it is a very complex camera mechanically and should not be your first experience in camera repair. I u

[Leopost]

So, Mike, how would I remove the top to the OM-1?
 
I have an idea of what to do AFTER the top is off, but I can't find instructions to get there.

[Aaron]

You can refer to the OM-1 service manual through this site:
http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/

[Rick_oleson]

Here's the short version:  Unscrew the hub of the wind lever and lift it off.  Lift off the wind lever and unscrew a spanner nut under it.  Block the rewind shaft with a screwdriver blade and unscrew the rewind knob from it with your fingers.  Remove 2