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Author Message   Msiegel Tinkerer Username: Msiegel Post Number: 277 Registered: 03-2008 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Friday, February 03, 2012 - 12:12 pm:    Hi, The camera was made by Agfa for Ansco and I believe it suffers from what is sometimes called the Agfa Disease = stuck focus due to dried grease. Find below a few links that should show you the way to go: David Richert's excellent website: http://www.davidrichert.com/AGFA%20rebuild/agfa.htm It's not exactly the same camera but shutter and lens should be similar. Roland & Caroline: http://www.rolandandcaroline.co.uk/apotar.html http://www.rolandandcaroline.co.uk/repair/frozenfix.html And here a discussion on the Viking http://photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00Lms9 Last but not least here a recent discussion on this forum: https://kyp.hauslendale.com/classics/forum/messages/2/23395.html?1327163215 Hope it helps as a starter. Regards Martin