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Sean

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Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 06:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
I've got a Minolta Autocord and the Focus Lever is jammed. The wind crank will not wind and shutter will not fire.
Does anyone know of a site that has exploded views of this TLR?
I actually have the CDS version of the Autocord.
Does anyone know what is wrong and how I can fix it? I'm pretty handy but I need the diagrams and suggestions.
thanks, sean
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rick oleson

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Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 06:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
i'll see if i have anything... in the meantime DON'T FORCE ANYTHING!!!!! the lever is not very strong.
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steve

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Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 02:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
I also have an autocord and the focus lever is also jammed. Did you find out how to fix this?
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Winfried

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Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 02:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
From what I have seen on photos the Autocord focus mechanism is pretty similar to that of the east german Reflekta II.

In this case probably it is not the lever which is stuck but the focussing helicoid. To get access to it you probably have to remove the front cover. There are some hints about freeing frozen helicoids in threads concerning the Agfa Isolette which suffer from a similar problem.

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