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Jpartsch
Tinkerer
Username: Jpartsch
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 10:24 am: | 
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Hi. I just got a mint-looking auto S2 that had a stuck timer. I freed the timer, but the shutter still won't open. before I go tearing into the shutter with lighter fluid, I want to ask this question - Is it really a stuck shutter or something else?
I ask this because with the winder cocked the shutter release depresses all the way without any soft "click" or resistance that I would expect even if the shutter blades were gummed shut. When I remove the bottom plate I can see a portion of the shutter cocking assembly. There is a small tab I can move out of the way to allow the winder to function. When it does, some metal pieces slide towards the lens and I can see a shaft turning underneith that I assume connects to the shutter. When I release the winder everything returns to its original position. Nothing appears to have stayed "cocked". I can repeat this procedure over and over with no change. So, are the shutter blades just dirty (they look very clean), or is there something else that is not making a connection?
Thanks!!!
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Donnie_strickland
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Username: Donnie_strickland
Post Number: 40
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 12:18 pm: |
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Of course I haven't seen your camera, but everything you describe sounds like the classic Auto S2 Stuck Shutter Blade Syndrome. Click here:
https://kyp.hauslendale.com/classics/konicaautos.html
This should give you some insight to the problem. |
Wernerjb
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Username: Wernerjb
Post Number: 219
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 02:10 pm: |
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Try this link and search for Auto S 2 overhaul: http://feuerbacher.net/photo/frame.html plus this forum's "search" function, everything you need is there, W. |
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