Dennis,
Below is a quoted review from another site. This quote tells you what exact parts you need. The price you got that cost like 179.00, I assume you are sending it in and having Contax technicians do the work. However, from the below quote, it seems like its not that difficult to do on your own. If you need to see the entire post, go to
, click on review, click on the review for 167MT.
Here is the quote...
"The supplied manual is poorly translated and doesn't describe advanced
functions well. It assumes the user will be a complete beginner. The manuals
are still available cheaply from Yashica USA in New Jersey
(732-560-0060x4315). Some users have reported problems with the electronics.
There is a reset button under the battery plate which clears up some
malfunctions. I thought I had a problem with the f-stop indexing on my 167MT,
where the viewfinder LCD didn't match the f-stop setting on the lens. After
experimenting, I found that the mounts on the lenses were bent and worn, and
didn't hold the lens in position well. Replacing the lens mount rings on
several lenses cured the problem(easy to do at home-just call Yashica to order
the lens mount ring $20.00- 732-560-0060x4315) . By the way, Yashica and some
other aftermarket lenses have a much better mount- machined into the lens tube
instead of a thin plate attached with three screws. This is a bigger problem
with big heavy lenses than with say, a 50mm or 28mm.
The main reason to buy Contax however, is the optical quality of
Carl Zeiss lenses, which (with only a few exceptions) consistently rate above
Canon/Nikon and below Leica. These lenses are outstanding because the contrast and resolution
remain very good even at the larger and smaller ends of the
aperture range. In lens reviews in photo magazines, you are often
advised to close down a stop or two for better performance. Many of the
Zeiss lenses are superb performers even wide open. The correction for color
and distortion are very close to perfect, and the images, when viewed on a
fine grain slide film, may have a slightly different look than Minolta, Nikon,
and Canon which has been called plasticity- a sense of depth and form. The
T* multi-coating is also excellent, reducing flare in all but the most extreme
situations. The designs which make this possible are not magic, and other manufacturers could
conceivably match this performance, (and do in certain instances), but the
lenses would be heavier, more expensive, and therefore harder to sell to
a public looking for merely a good lens. Even the Zeiss 70-210,
35-70, and the 28-85 zooms, for instance, test above most other primes
and zooms for sharpness and contrast, and really seem to pull details
out of a scene, but can cost almost $1000 more than similar "basic" zooms
offered in new camera kits. There is a small but active market for used Zeiss
lenses, and this is definitely the way to start out a system. Some of the
older AE lenses go for a bit less than the newer MM lenses on the used market.
The lenses made in Germany are considered by some to be better, but this is
not substantiated. "
