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[Mareklew]

Identifying parts II:


 
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[Mareklew]

Pin 1 releases the shutter when moved inwards. Lever 2 with pin 3 is responsible for B setting. In position as it is now it will 'catch' the main latch in 'open' position (you can't see the interaction easily).
Part 4 is the main delay catch.

[Mareklew]

- Pin 11 sits on shutter activator ring. This ring moves clockwise to open the leaves and ccw to close them again. it sits below the floor now, you can see it through gaps around the center part, between number 11 and 3. Flushing shutter with naphta u

[Donyet]

Hi Marek,
 
I tried wiggling the levers you mentioned with a toothpick and they are all pretty jammed. It feels jammed in a mechanical way as opposed to old grease.
 
I did notice one thing that may give you a clue. When turning the aperture r

[Mareklew]

I put a lot of work in describing things. Invest at least equally much time in answering all my suggestions with your observations, not only the very last sentence.
 
Else all my attempts to help you are void.
 
Marek

[Donyet]

Hi Marek,
 
Sorry about that.
 
When I moved pin 7 gently, it felt jammed but there was a very slight movement of the gears in the area between 8 and 9.
 
Moving the main shutter release lever did nothing I could see, and I noticed th

[Donyet]

When I mentioned lever 3 I meant pin 3.

[Mareklew]

AAAAAAAAAARGH 15 minutes typing and board server returns an error :/
 
1) does anything happen when you press pin 1 towards shutter center?
 
2) nothing -> When pin 1 is pressed towards center, can you move lever 4 clockwise? (use a small scre

[Mareklew]

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8859/201003232103005611.jpg
 
The yellow metal is the X-Sync contact. The half-circle pin is connected to activator ring, as

[Donyet]

Hi Marek,
 
Here is the report so far:
 
I looked at the X-contact area and everything seems to be there and in the correct position.
 
You: 1) does anything happen when you press pin 1 towards shutter center?
 
Yes, the shutter re

[Mareklew]

I'm out for a day, so more will follow later:
no, it's not bad news. The rest of the shutter is pretty much unbreakable by user input, so if the retarder is okay after cleaning, I'd say you are facing a stripdown but chances to fix it are

[Donyet]

Hi Marek,
 
I soaked the retarder overnight, only because I had placed it in the fuel right before going to bed. The gears seem to be working this morning when pin 8 is nudged towards the center. I don't know how much movement I should be expec

[Donyet]

The little 2/5 part-round gear below pin 7 may not be meshing well with the small black gear it is in contact with. There is barely perceptible movement of this gear when I nudge pin 8 towards center. Nudging pin 7 or lever 6 barely moves anything, the

[Mareklew]

No, it doesn't Lever 6 moves in a healthy shutter by some 45-60? (1/8th-1/6th of a full turn) causing all other gears to spin several times around.
 
Pin 8 only switches gears, like the gearbox in a car. When pressed 'in' (towards center of

[Donyet]

Hi Marek,
 
I'll soak the retarder in WD40 per your earlier instructions, as something is still binding it.
 
Is there anything else I should do to the retarder at this point? Is it too risky to take it apart, or at least for a newby lik