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Easy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 01:56 am: | 
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...in fact, this very camera may have already been discussed here; it's been on eBay twice recently that I know of. Anyway, now I'm stuck with it, and I'm not the sort to just "play dumb" and sell it myself.
There seems to be something wrong with, or a piece missing from, the anti-rebound ratchet assembly. Although mine may be a slightly modified design from the commonly available exploded diagrams, going by what I've seen, it seems like something is missing, or the counter change plate spring is attached incorrectly, or ?
In any case, the symptoms are that the crank handle will only go forward (film or no film), occasionally jams completely; only partially depressing the shutter release (as if to wind prematurely to the end of the film) can un-stick it. It has never functioned correctly since I've owned it. Upon opening. I discovered that I could induce some degree of normal operation by winding CW until stop, then manually pulling the anti-rebound ratchet back to wind CCW (shutter was then cocked and could release no problem).
Here's a picture of what I found upon opening:
I've highlighted the area that seems suspect. I'd thought about opening my old LM to study the difference, but they're probably different enough to be a waste of time, plus I'd lose the leatherette on another side (it's already "faceless").
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Easy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 03:08 am: |
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we'll just try that image upload again...
/image{3rd time's the charm} |
Easy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 03:11 am: |
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oh for pete's sake... it's here:
http://easyonthe.com/pics/124g-ratchet.jpg |
me again
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 04:40 am: |
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never mind... I obviously have no business being inside one of these things.
it was one ratchet claw inside the main winding gear, sticking.
Everything seems to be fine now. |
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