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eric_schwab
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 01:30 pm: | 
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Anyone know how to get to the film advance mechanism? The film advance lever has no resistance. It feels as though a pin/screw has come loose and the lever is no longer attached to the winding spool |
Gary
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 12:58 am: |
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Eric,
I was hoping a Fujica expert would reply already. It's been awhile since I worked on a ST series Fujica but here goes: I believe the cap on top the lever advance just spins off clock-wise. Might use a rubber stopper to get a good grip. Lever assembly removal should be straight forward once cap is off. If it's a damaged part in that assembly it should be obvious. If it's a more serious problem inside the camera that may well involve more work.
ST705 might use the same lever assembly as ST705-W. If so, these are quite different than most if not all other ST series cameras. I know my ST705 is very different than ST701, ST605, etc.
You might try the following website, join it and ask your question to members of that group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fujica35mmslrs/
Good luck! |
John Farrell
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 02:09 am: |
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I repaired an ST705W which had the same problem. The 2 pins which link the wind lever to the wind mechanism were sheared. The wind mechanism had been forced, because a piece of aluminium light shield was wound around one of the shutter shafts. |
Stuart Willis
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 13, 2005 - 08:18 am: |
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May I offer a contribution ?
The cap on the film advance lever-wind removes conventionally as in counter-clockwise to unscrew. It is not a left hand thread. As mentioned by Gary - it needs a rubber tool to break its "stick".
If the lever is advancing with zero resistance then John Farrell's speculation is probably right on the button. That is of course the lever-wind coupling. The actual mechanism is under the baseplate. Have you looked in there ?
Stuart Willis |
