M6 Metering problem help

[Matmcr]

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I have a M6 black—serial 1677848 from around 1985 (I think). Last week on holiday the meter started to play up. At first I thought it was a problem with the sun being to bright for the situation because the meter started to work again back at the hotel room but now it has stopped working all together in all lighting conditions.

 

I have tried 3 sets of batteries, wiping the contacts on the inside of the back plate and inside the battery compartment. I have also tried all combinations of shutter and aperture settings under the sun and rotating the ISO dial to see if grit or sand had maybe got into the body and I still get nothing. I am now aware the I will probably have to send this off for repair, which brings me to a few points I would like more information on:

 

Is this a general problem or does this tend to be an expensive repair?

 

I am in the UK and wondered approximately how much this could cost me, from repairing a loose wire to replacing the meter board plus any recommendations on who/where I should send this to?

 

It would be really helpful if anyone had any info/tips/help on this as I would greatly appreciate it.

 

On a side note this is really annoying, as this will be the 6th time I have had to send Leica bodies back for repairs in two years. One body had to go back 4 times for a shutter lag issue and it's eventual replacement had a winder jamming probelm and now this. Should I get a voigtlander bessa instead?

[ndjambrose]

It's quite common, I understand. It happened to my M6TTL a couple of years ago which prompted me to do some research. There were plenty of people out there with the same problem.

 

The permanent fix is a replacement of the meter circuit which attaches to the inside of the ISO dial. I had mine done at Red Dot (or rather, by their preferred repairer). It took two weeks from drop off to return and cost around £80, if I recall correctly.

 

Camera came back in good condition and was fixed properly. No reoccurrence since.

[Matmcr]

It's quite common, I understand. It happened to my M6TTL a couple of years ago which prompted me to do some research. There were plenty of people out there with the same problem.

 

The permanent fix is a replacement of the meter circuit which attaches to the inside of the ISO dial. I had mine done at Red Dot (or rather, by their preferred repairer). It took two weeks from drop off to return and cost around £80, if I recall correctly.

 

Camera came back in good condition and was fixed properly. No reoccurrence since.

 

Great thanks for the info on this.