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Author Message   Drbroad Tinkerer Username: Drbroad Post Number: 1 Registered: 01-2013 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Saturday, January 26, 2013 - 11:14 pm:    I just noticed my AE-1 is starting to have inconsistent behaviour. It has a new bater, no squak, the electromagnets are clean and nothing is jammed. The film advance winds, and the shutter fires. Except every third wind the shutter will not fire - it needs a second wind and then the shutter works. It feels almost like the gears lose traction at somepoint and it 'slips' and doesn't quite trigger the shutter as active. This isn't a one off - it can be replicated every single time without fail - which is a good thing when you are trying to fix something. A pattern that is repeartable should be easier to solve. Im assuming i will beed to get the top off in order to check everything - but i am having a hard time figuring out how to remove the advance lever. I am aware that it needs to be set to B and 3200 before i attempt to remove things but beyond that i am lost. Any help appreciated!