Yashica 35mm of the Rivitess' failed after being dropped, in the case, 18" onto soft grass. She was upset, it was a plastic but very good camera - value c 160 quid.
I pleaded, tekkie to tekkie, for the guy to give me a steer. English bloke, same background as me, but wouldn't budge on helping. He sighted the danger of the high voltages and I exclaimed we'd both worked on colour tellies, how's this going to hurt me?
Nothing.
I found one of the tracks on the ribbon cable had fractured and again begged for a part. He sounded kind of surprised about the find but still no. I bid him good day and bypassed the track. It worked. Then I got one hell of a nip from the flash circuit.