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Jenateresa
Tinkerer
Username: Jenateresa
Post Number: 1
Registered: 08-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 10:38 am: | 
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Hi, I am really new to SLRs, I've been playing around with my mom's old Canon rebel Ti for a few years now.
Anyway, I found a nice looking Yashica TL-Super at a second hand shop for $10, and even though I couldn't get the shutter release button to work, I decided to get it anyway and see if I could work on it for a while.
Well, upon further inspection, I'm realizing that while the lens is pretty nice and seems to work fine, the whole shutter mechanism is shot. The film reversing button is stuck in, and will not budge, the film advance arm only moves about a quarter of the distance it should, and the self timer lever seems to be broken (it moves with no resistance) and makes the self-timer sound at random intervals. If I press the shutter button down a little, it will start making the self-timer sound.
Anyway, thought it would be fun to play around with this camera, and see if I could practice/learn repairs and learn about fully manual cameras in the process. But, I don't really know where to start with this one.. any advice on where to start, and what to look for would be greatly appreciated.
I've downloaded the operation manual, but haven't been able to locate a decent repair manual yet.
should I even attempt this, or am I in over my head?
thanks in advance! |
Tom_cheshire
Tinkerer
Username: Tom_cheshire
Post Number: 152
Registered: 04-2009
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 01:48 pm: |
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It has a jammed film advance it seems. Not that hard a job but intermediate at least.
If you have an eBay account sell the lens alone but ask me first the secret to selling these. |
Upnorthw
Tinkerer
Username: Upnorthw
Post Number: 11
Registered: 01-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 07:16 pm: |
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Keep trying the shutter button, it might run down the self timer. Then if your lucky the shutter will fire and free up the camera. |
Mikel
Tinkerer
Username: Mikel
Post Number: 156
Registered: 07-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 08:03 pm: |
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"should I even attempt this, or am I in over my head? "
You can do it. It's a standard and common design.
Set no time frame and get a start on it. |
Popkorn520
Tinkerer
Username: Popkorn520
Post Number: 6
Registered: 08-2008
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 28, 2009 - 07:45 pm: |
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Ok Tom, you got my attention...what's the secret??? |
Nayubogen
Tinkerer
Username: Nayubogen
Post Number: 3
Registered: 08-2009
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 28, 2009 - 10:18 pm: |
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Please try this:
Take a look at the shutter release bar inside top cover, pressing it should leave alone a hard stop for a enchased brass gear. Keeping shutter release bar pressed down, use a screw driver to turn that gear closewise, if you are lucky, it will trig the shutter, and then film winding will start to work also. |
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