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Mike's Minolta SRT Reassembly Page

Replacing the Front Base Frame (mirror box)

Follow directions in the SRT service manual.  You might as well replace the foam on the bottom of this unit while it is apart, if needed.  See the repairs section for more information.

Replacing the Viewfinder

Before reassembly, you might as well check to see that the CDS cells are firmly attached to the top of the viewfinder.  If the CDS element moves at all, the glue probably has failed and you must glue it back down.  If needed, you also might as well replace the foam on the viewfinder seats in the body, unit while it is apart.  See the repairs section for more information about both of these items.

Follow directions in the SRT service manual.

Replacing the Lens Mount Assembly

I would replace the viewfinder first, as the aperture control string rides on a pulley mounted on the viewfinder base.

Replacing the AV Coupling String

AV string
Here is a diagram from the SRT service manual that depicts the AV string (the one that connects to the aperture mechanism).  Replace this string, before replacing the TV string.  Here are a couple of things to keep in mind.

Replacing the TV Coupling String

AV string
Here is a diagram from the SRT service manual that depicts the TV string (the one that connects to the speed/ASA wheel).  Replace this string, after replacing the AV string.  Here are a couple of things to keep in mind.

AV string 1
Top view of meter shows AV string coming in from lens mount and the TV string from  shutter control on other side of viewfinder.   The TV string just wraps around the topmost pulley a couple of times in a counter clockwise direction.
AV string 2
From the front of the camera, the stack of wheels that the strings are wound up on.  The yellow arrows show how the direction of  the AV string changes as it moves up the stack of pulleys.
AV string 3
From the rear of the camera.  This clearly shows the pully that reverses the direction of the AV string.

Replacing the Top

Follow directions in the SRT service manual.

Replacing the Bottom

Follow directions in the SRT service manual.
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