I've been through two MF units on my T1. Each time Tamiya has replaced them no charge. Good on Tamiya. But now the flash has gone bad again. It's not the flash unit but the circuit in the MF. Forget about trouble shooting. I was wondering if there is a way to use the existing flash unit and the switch that is on the recoil unit (have an extra) and make a mechanically activated flash unit. I read Torpedoes Chief's use of a disposable camera but that's not the way I want to go. I'm not sure what all circuitry is in the wire bundle of the flash unit. Is it possible to hook up a separate battery source and an inline switch to convert the existing flash unit to a mechanically activated flash? I know a capacitor would be needed. Is this possible?