Olympus 35 RD Meter Question

[steersteer]

Hi,

I recently bought and serviced an Olympus 35RD. It had the greasy shutter issue. I had it all apart and cleaned and put back together and everything works smoothly now.

I have a 1.4v zinc air battery in it for the meter and the meter appears to more or less work as expected in auto-aperture mode. The only issue is that the meter needle only ever manages to reach the very edge of the red zone. The Aperture ring/mechanism is aligned properly as, in manual mode, the meter needle matches the set aperture.

In low light, or if the lens cap is on etc, the shutter button isn't locked from firing. Probably one in five attempts, the button is locked.
I'm not overly concerned with this, I'm not expecting the internal meter to be particularly accurate. But is this normal or something I can adjust?
It would be nice if I accidentally advance the film after a shot (muscle memory and autopilot) and put it in a bag, it doesn't take a bag shot.

Could this be because of the very slightly higher battery voltage or a mechanical issue? I'm hoping someone here has an RD or has worked on one and can let me know what's wrong or if this is normal. Just re-covered the leatherette so not looking forward to getting back into the case!

 

[steersteer]

After having a bit of a think and a poke around, I may have a solution.

Under the bottom of the case there is access to a screw on the shutter to needle linkage that adjusts the view finder needle alignment.
I'm thinking I could leave the lens cap on and adjust this until the needle hits the red zone. Then with the lens cap off, adjust the rotational alignment of the galvanometer back the other way to compensate and get a correct auto aperture adjustment with the meter (check with a light meter in absence of pro calibration equipment).

Is this a logical approach or would this throw off the aperture?

Will update with results if I attempt this. I don't think anyone is reading this but will leave here in case someone with the same issue comes along in future

 

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Worth a shot, sounds like it would work. The RD is a nice camera, the one I had worked intermittently with the shutter issue.