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Author Message   Lucas Tinkerer Username: Lucas Post Number: 28 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 04:48 am:    Try pushing up the ST lever whilst at the same time depressing the shutterlever on the side, as you depress the shutterrelease at the top of the camera.Off course remembering to have the filmtransport advanced etc, etc........ mine has exactly the same problem as yours, if the ST is cocked the mechanism freezes.(so much for thinking I got it fixed) I got the ST to spool down by doing what I described above. I doubt if you will wreck anything by pouring lighterfluid in but I don not think it will "solve" anything as too little of the solvent will go where it is needed.