Trying to take off the top plate from fed 5c

[lubitel]

sorry to bother people with my disassembly problems. May be someone can help.
Here is the photo of my fed 5 in its current state. What else do I need to take off before I can remove the topplate? And how? The rewind lever? the iso scale thing on the left? the shutter release? I dont know how to take them off and if I need to at all. :bang:

 

[lubitel]

thanks greyhoundman!

but I dont see anymore screws on the rewind knob. how do I take it off?

 

[lubitel]

Thanks this was very helpful, I got the wind lever off and the rewind knob. 🙂

I am almost there, still fighting with this iso dial thingy.

 

[lubitel]

nope. I definitely cant get this iso dial off, which is under the rewind knob. this one screw thing is kind of deep and I cant get it with a screwdriver. Do I need some special tool to get it out?

 

[lubitel]

this is the dial that i mean

 

[lubitel]

Okay, I finally got the whole top plate off, thanks to needlenose pliers and greyhoundman.
After opening the whole thing and victoriously screaming "yeah!" I realized, that there is probably no way for me to clean the rangefinder, because somehow, something has gotten in between the two prisms, which are well glued together and to the camera, and to get in there would mean taking them apart.

So I cleaned what I could on the outside and did some rangefinder adjustment, put it back together, put a roll of film in it and will see what happens.

thanks for help.

 

[garythegit]

Hey guys, i'm also having a bit of trouble with the top plate of my FED5. I've got everything off but the viewfinder (the brass tube that's behind the diopter housing that can be twisted in and out) is catching on hole on the case. I've tried pressing it in but it still overlaps by about 1mm. Am I doing something wrong??

Thanks!

 

[garythegit]

Yep it's screwed in as far as it can go! Still overlaps. Must have overlooked something, otherwise how did the original factory worker out it on in the first place!!

 

[garythegit]

It's ok now! It turns out I just had to WEDGE the top cover off with a bit of brute force. Crikey they must have been slightly heavy handed when they made this! Cheers guys.