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Frankencamera
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Username: Frankencamera
Post Number: 2
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 11, 2009 - 10:01 pm: | 
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Just picked up a pentax me super. The advance lever takes 3-4 full cranks before it cocks the shutter. Any help will be appreciated. |
Dragunov
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Username: Dragunov
Post Number: 140
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 03:08 pm: |
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there's a rubber bumper on an axle here
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o70/dragunov-svd/IMGP0904.jpg
that degrades, and then slows the movement of the lever... that lever locks the mirror spring. if the mirror spring doesn't lock, the wind lock doesn't work...
my ME super was worse. you'd wind it 50 times before it locked. go in there, remove the bumper. it's quite a bit of digging.
look here for steps.
http://www.mypentax.com/PentaxMeSuper.html
good luck! |
Jb17kx
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Username: Jb17kx
Post Number: 2
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 03:14 am: |
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I had an ME Super that would take a few winding strokes before allowing the the shutter to fire (though it was properly cocking the shutter after the first). It was fixed by repairing the wind lock, as seen in this page:
https://kyp.hauslendale.com/classics/pentaxmeproblems.html |
Frankencamera
Tinkerer
Username: Frankencamera
Post Number: 3
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 08:59 pm: |
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AH-HA!
It now works perfectly!
Thank you very much! |
Frankencamera
Tinkerer
Username: Frankencamera
Post Number: 4
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 09:01 pm: |
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and for anyone reading, all you have to to is bend the black lever as shown in the pic. Too much and the camera will lock up though. |
Sezme
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Username: Sezme
Post Number: 2
Registered: 01-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 12:08 pm: |
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Hey, Frankencamera: which pic were you referring to? Dragunov's or one of the ones on the pentaxmeproblems.html page? I have the same problem with a couple ME Supers. |
Frankencamera
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Username: Frankencamera
Post Number: 5
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 11:44 pm: |
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https://kyp.hauslendale.com/classics/pentaxmeproblems.html
third pic. labeled wind lock lever. |
