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Author Message   John Shriver Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 12:57 pm:    I'm fixing up a No. 3A Autographic Kodak Special with Rangefinder. It has a nice f/6.3 Bausch & Lomb Tessar Anastigmat lens in a Wollensak Optimo 1A shutter. (Yes, I have a stash of Verichrome Pan 122 film. My 3A's aren't shelf queens yet! Also, I've got the combination back for sheet film.) I just replaced the bellows. Now it's shutter time. The shutter is running slow, and a bit flaky. I can see that the protruberance on the lower right is the "dashpot" that controls the shutter timing. Is this supposed to run dry, or with the very lightest of lubrication? How do I get the faceplate off the shutter? I see no catch, latch, or screw. The only slotted screwheads on the whole shutter are the two anti-rotation pins Kodak set in the back. homepage (with e-mail info): http://john.shriver.home.comcast.net