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Bliorg
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Username: Bliorg
Post Number: 35
Registered: 11-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 11:47 am: | 
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Hi, all -
Picked up a Retina IIc in great shape, but the shutter doesn't cock. Opened it up, and the gear to turn the cocking ring doesn't move with the cocking lever on the bottom.
Is this a common malady? Any ideas where to start?
Thanks,
Scott |
Bliorg
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Username: Bliorg
Post Number: 36
Registered: 11-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 12:05 pm: |
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FWIW, I've read Chris Sherlock's pages a bit, and while it seems this might be a cocking rack issue (I haven't opened the top yet), the film advance lever works smoothly and positively. The shutter release button does NOT move once the lever is actuated, though. |
Bliorg
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Username: Bliorg
Post Number: 37
Registered: 11-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 12:17 pm: |
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Okay, here's the cocking rack. Teeth are boogered; is it bad enough to prevent cocking, or could it be serviceable still? I looked on MicroTools and didn't see any more cocking racks - any sources left? I'm afraid I may shafted on this one...
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Donnie_strickland
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Username: Donnie_strickland
Post Number: 129
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 12:35 pm: |
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Is this it?
http://www.micro-tools.com/store/P-N5535/Retina-3c-Cocking-Rack.aspx |
Bliorg
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Username: Bliorg
Post Number: 38
Registered: 11-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 01:40 pm: |
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That's it! Thanks, Donnie - couldn't find it. |
Scott
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Username: Scott
Post Number: 155
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 11:37 pm: |
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I am amazed that someone is still selling spare parts for mid 1950s cameras! Is somebody still making them? |
Bliorg
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Username: Bliorg
Post Number: 39
Registered: 11-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 12, 2011 - 03:04 pm: |
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I'd *guess* that someone's fabricating them, but I'm not sure. I hope so - it'd be nice if they were of a more robust alloy than the originals... |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 1139
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 12, 2011 - 08:20 pm: |
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You can guess how common this problem is in Retinas by the fact that Micro Tools carries the replacement part 55 years down the road. I've also seen accounts of camera modifications to beef up the rack to prevent it flexing back out of mesh under load. |
