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Cameron

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Posted on Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 10:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Hello all,

I have a Shanghai Seagull TLR
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009UU3E/002-9322751-6803226?v=glance&vi=manual-submit)
that I bought in China for under ten dollars. I believe that most everything works, except the shutter is incredibly oily. It fired maybe a dozen times before finally sticking.
I'm a complete amateur, and I bought it thinking it would just be fun to take apart even if I had no clue how to get/keep it working.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone here could give me any information on disassembly- either getting to the shutter or being able to remove it from the camera. My plan is either to apply some alcohol and let it set a couple of times, or soak the shutter if its possible to remove it.
Can anyone help? Apologies if I've described anything poorly or said something ignorant- again, I can't say I have any knowledge to draw from here.

Thanks,

cameron
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rick

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Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 08:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

hi cameron:

i have never worked on a seagull, but as i recall it has a leaf shutter exposed and easily accessible on the front. you may find some useful tips at these pages, though you will have to improvise some details:

http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-158.html
http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-55.html
http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/leaf_shutter_cla.htm

please feel free to come back to the forum or email me if you have any questions.

rick : ) =
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silverliner

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Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 12:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Hi! Cameron,

Just simply follow the instruction above. But it will be much easier as Seagull TLR is not as complicated. I got the same problem with my Seagull and I have cleaned that sticking shutter twice. No problem and the camera works fine now.

silverliner

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