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Bridgett

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Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 10:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

The knob fell off and the pin on the inside came out and i cant get it back on....What do I do???
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rick oleson

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Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 10:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Hi Bridgett:

The ideal tool here is a crochet hook... if you don't have one, then something about that size with a hook at one end. Reach this into the hole where the shaft fell in, feel around the edges (a little distance below the top) and pull up firmly on anything you can get the hook to catch on. One of these things will be the latch for the back, and it will come open when you pull up. Now you can get the shaft out, poke it back up into its hole from below and screw the knob back onto it.

rick : ) =
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Mike

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Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 01:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I've done the same thing. I found the shaft was too long to turn around inside the film chamber, so should still be "right way up". I shook the camera until the shaft fell back through the hole. Maybe I was just lucky!

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