Thanks Chuck and Dharma. Compliments for your archive, Dharma ;-)
2016-08-23 8:33 GMT+02:00 Dharma Singh <dharmasingh@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi all & Frank,
>
> I read this same add on Marktplaats [a Dutch eB*y owned company].
>
> Somewhere on the internet I've read this and saved it in a document on my
> computer.
> Never had to use it, but copy it here for what it's worth.
>
>
>
>
> *One last tip before I go to bed – this from another poster on the lockup
> issue: “Removing the motor drive covering cap, there is a small lever that,
> when slid over with a finger nail, enables the shutter to fire and the
> rewind button to re-set. I removed the bottom base plate and saw some gooey
> residue around the lever. I carefully cleaned this off and the action of
> the lever was restored. The wind-on would operate and the shutter would
> fire. I then carefully rubbed a pencil around the lever and its path,
> lubricating it for a smoother action. Result- the camera operates perfectly
> again!”*
>
> 2016-08-23 2:52 GMT+02:00 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > When you wind any SLR the film transport locks as soon as you've
> > completely wound the film. What releases the lock is *successfully*
> firing
> > the shutter. When the 2nd shutter curtain completes its travel it
> releases
> > the transport lock. If the film transport is locked it's probably
> because
> > the shutter hasn't fired or completely finished its second curtain
> travel.
> >
> > I'd try removing the batteries and replacing them with new ones and see
> if
> > the shutter will complete whatever it didn't do. If that doesn't help
> > there's probably some latch that's stuck.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >
> > On 8/22/2016 5:30 PM, Frank wrote:
> >
> >> On topic: on a Dutch marketplace a question was posed about an OM-2
> with a
> >> stuck transport.
> >>
> >> Any clues or suggestions how to get it going again? Or what to test? I
> >> suggested the self timer, but that didn't work. No winder available as
> >> well...
> >>
> >> Thx, Frank.
> >>
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