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Author Message   T6nn Tinkerer Username: T6nn Post Number: 5 Registered: 06-2009 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 10:39 am:    See here: http://www.pentax-manuals.com/manuals/service/leica_m2_service.pdf The first two lines in the troubleshooting section seem to adress your problem. I think you need to adjust the "release disk" above the take-up spool. But be careful as the manual is for a later leica with a fixed take-up spool.