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Ken Peregoy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 09, 2004 - 03:55 pm: | 
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I've got two old cameras of my fathers - an FT and an Autoreflex T (can't remember if its a T or T2...I could figure it out but does it matter for this discussion?)
The T's meter has not been working for many years since a trip to europe.
The FT works fine except the film won't advance.
The lenses are the same mount, so I have a nice collection that would cost a fortune to replace if I were to just go with an up-to-date body. I've got access to a class-100 clean room and I've got a history of reviving electronics thought to be dead (starting with a U-matic editing system 20 years ago and includes a notebook that tumbled down a flight of stairs) as well as fine mechanical skills. So, I think I have the facilities, the skills, and the motivation.
Here's what's wrong:
The FT won't advance film. It sounds sick. I tried new batteries. I tried cleaning contacts. I have taken apart to the motor and everything seems in order as far as connections. Anyone seen anything like this in FT's?
The Autoreflex meter is sick. The needle is bottomed out and won't move. I suspect that the complex system of wires and pulleys has been bumped out of kilter.
Any positive advice, photos, etc would be appreciated.
Don't bother posting or e-mailing me if you just want to tell me that it's not worth it because I'll be pulling them apart with or without your negative feedback.
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rick oleson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 09, 2004 - 04:39 pm: |
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The weakest point of the Autoreflex A and T series is a plastic stud that holds the center contact into the battery box (you can check this by opening the battery box and see if the contact is missing or floppy). This is easy to fix in itself by drilling a hole and inserting a screw in place of the stud; the problem is getting to the top side of the battery box, which very unfortunately requires removal of the mirror cage in these cameras. I have sketches for this, as I've done the job multiple times. Actually, a cable being off a pulley or whatever would probably be an easier job as that stuff is mostly accessible from the top... so hopefully, maybe that's your problem.
I can't help with the FT.
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