Guest tummydoc Posted November 2, 2007 Share #21 Posted November 2, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) top plates from the M4, M4-2 and M4-P should fit your M6. Leica M4 had two flash outlets on the back and did not have a hot shoe - this would have to be addressed if you went this route. All M4-2 and all but the very last M4-P also have 2 ports in the top-plate for M and X flash contacts. Neither the M4-2 nor the M4-P have the small hole, capped with plastic, that lies under the folded advance lever, for easy screwdriver access to a fine adjustment for the 2 top shutter speeds. The earlier models require removal of the top-plate and use of a small spanner for that adjustment. The M4-2 and M4-P plates would have used Zinc as well Only the very last M4-P production use zinc-alloy top-plates. Prior to that (and resuming with the last of M6TTL production) they were brass with a thin zinc plating to serve as a bond interface for the chromium plating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Bernd Banken Posted November 3, 2007 Share #22 Posted November 3, 2007 Hi again Thanks to all for the opinions! Thanks Rolo for the Leica repairer. Don't you know his email? (If it has?..) Thanks Jan for the shop, I will take a look. And Rui, thanks anyway... we need in Portugal a Leica repairer... or perhaps there is one... I will take a look on ebay. Best Regards EM Elio, my first used LeicaM6 last year had the same bubbles. The plate price was around € 170,00 when I remember well. But my suggestion is: keep the camera as it is. Nobody can recognize in your pics this kind of surface reaction of the zincplate and the black chrome. There was a discussion rently that the treatment of the rawhide with a chrome-solution penetrated in during the tanning could have caused this interaction over the years, maybe. Bernd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple7 Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share #23 Posted November 8, 2007 Hi again Thanks for the infos! As I saw, there are plenty of Leica technicians in USA compared to Europe. And the ones in Europe are mainly in England. Only one in Germany! But I already took a decision, Bernd is right!. My awfull M6 will stay with the Bubbles! With this assistance and support... Leica disappointed me very very much... Best regards EM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruiespanhol Posted November 14, 2007 Share #24 Posted November 14, 2007 Hi again Thanks to all for the opinions! Thanks Rolo for the Leica repairer. Don't you know his email? (If it has?..) Thanks Jan for the shop, I will take a look. And Rui, thanks anyway... we need in Portugal a Leica repairer... or perhaps there is one... I will take a look on ebay. Best Regards EM Elio Mr.Nunes repair Leica cameras here in Portugal. My R3 was repair here not in Solms by her. Some problems are only repair at solms just was your. Replace the top cover is easy job,but the corrosion on your top cover maybe afect others parts inside camera(I hope not of corse) and the repair can no longer be done in Portugal at Comercial Foto. It was a shame when we have one Leica factory here in Portugal and not have one good repair facility here I try in near past whit Leica in Germany to made one repair shop at Famalicão whitout any success. Maybe whit my and your opinion and ´´signature`` the Germans change your Point of view about that. Best, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple7 Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share #25 Posted November 26, 2007 Hello Rui I would agree a Leica Repair shop in Portugal. You have my signature! Unfortunetely I already talked with Mr Nunes and he told me the camera has to go to Solms... and Solms already answered me what I wrote before... Best Regards EM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlos.paula Posted December 12, 2014 Share #26 Posted December 12, 2014 Well, I purchased a very nice M6, in overall very good condition, except... the bubbles in the top plate. I think that my M6 is called "hell" version, from 1986. Does it is chromed or painted? Anyone know a method or how to made a restoration? The attached photo is not from my camera, but the damage of mine is identical. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/36247-rust-corrosion-on-m6/?do=findComment&comment=2727010'>More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted December 13, 2014 Share #27 Posted December 13, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Zinc tops were used in place of brass to keep the cost accountants happy. It works as long as the zinc alloy is "pure" . If not, you get the corrosion . This is internal to the zinc. I have seen model train wheels simply disappear from this . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 13, 2014 Share #28 Posted December 13, 2014 Interestingly the sync contact is heavily corroded too. Yes, this is the zinc corrosion many of these cameras suffer from but that contact makes me suspicious. Has it been exposed to sea water/air? I would have it checked internally too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 13, 2014 Share #29 Posted December 13, 2014 Hi again Thanks for the infos! As I saw, there are plenty of Leica technicians in USA compared to Europe. And the ones in Europe are mainly in England. Only one in Germany! But I already took a decision, Bernd is right!. My awfull M6 will stay with the Bubbles! With this assistance and support... Leica disappointed me very very much... Best regards EM :confused:http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-aktuell/leica-reparatur-werkstaetten/ And this list is far from complete. There are quite a few more. I miss a couple in the UK, some in the USA and a few in other countries, but the majority can be found in Germany. The thread is ancient, but the advice about having it attended professionally and possibly having the top replaced is still sound. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlos.paula Posted December 17, 2014 Share #30 Posted December 17, 2014 Friends, how I said before, the picture I published in this post is not from my camera, but it is very similar. Therefore, I removed the top cover and, thanks God, there is no damage and no rust inside. I purchased a new top cover next week and will replace the rusted one, soon. Thanks a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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