I'm guessing he got a brand new replacement the 3rd time and he decided to wash his hands and sell it brand new in the box and switched to a more reliable brand such as Sightron. Otherwise there would have been a follow-up to this review. I don't blame him one bit. Once I quit trusting a scope sent back 3x I would also switch to more reliable brands with better quality control myself.

Me best guess is that he probably received a brand new replacement scope on the 3rd time around and decided to wash his hands on Zeiss and sold the brand new replacement Zeiss scope and switch to a more reliable brand such as Sightron. Otherwise there would have been a follow-up on this.

Thanks for the feedback. I used a laser level to line up the paper so that is as close to perfect as can be, and I then aligned the reticle with the laser at a low magnification to make sure the error is as small as I can get it. The walls are very close to vertical, about a 0.2in variance over the 13ft height. I have measured it previously because we have used it as a projector screen. The one obvious error was the bow in the paper, after setting it up I didn't notice it until I started filming, I was honestly just too lazy to fix it again. I felt that the error would be small enough, but in hind sight I would have preferred not having it there. I have since tested 3 different Zeiss v4 scopes twice on different occasions each, so in total I have done 6 tests on 3 scopes. The last one tracks perfectly, so I kept that one. Honestly, I think this one of the best tracking scopes in the price range even with the slight error, but my last one is so good that it is almost perfect. I would happily buy another Zeiss V4.

The first one was from a local store in South Africa, Safari&Outdoor, the second one was sent to me by Zeiss from Germany.

I'm glad that yours is well aligned, I just received my third one, I will test it this coming week. On my video you can clearly see the reticle is not aligned with the paper but then it tracks vertically with the lines, so it is not a level problem unfortunately.

@@MrCyclone101 yes that is not ideal at all.

@@MrCyclone101 how did the 3rd unit go? What is the serial number range, if the 3rd unit worked out…. Or is the No Update because these Japanese assembled Zeiss conquests are just not up to snuff? Thanks for the info thus far, very much appreciated brother… (I have one of these on Hold in store, but I’m second guessing going through with it now. Had a crappy experience with a Japanese assembled Zeiss range finder a few years back…. 3 units till I got one that didn’t have a lense element rattling around inside the body… I shit you not…

​@@hamishrI would have switched to a better quality and more reliable brand if I had experienced that myself.

I have a Manual gearbox R53 Mini Cooper S JCW. I don't know if the cooling system on the auto gearbox impedes access from the top of the engine bay, but if you can feel the bolt head you should be able to undo it.

I think I read on the North American auto forum that the automatic transmission is a bit easier cause there are no cooling lines in the way and it’s also a bit easier if you put the socket on the bolt before you attach the breaker bar

Yes, you can take the new part right out the box and install it as is. It comes from BMW pre-compressed for easy installation. Nothing else to worry about.