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[OM] Okay, so *now* what's wrong with my Winder 2?

Subject: [OM] Okay, so *now* what's wrong with my Winder 2?
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 19:52:53 -0600
Right.  Well, after having received my Zuiko 100mm F/2.0 back from the shop 
with a thorough cleaning, I'm ready to tackle my ever-so-wonky Winder 2.

It appears to fire erratically while being mounted on a body (and it doesn't 
matter which -- I've tried it on an OM-1n, an OM-2s and an OM-4), but won't 
actuate or wind on once completely mounted.  So, I took it off and tried 
shorting the two little spring-loaded contacts while pressing the trigger.  The 
winder operates if I just short the contacts (regardless of whether the 
trigger's being pressed or not), and if I short them and press down slightly it 
will continue to operate -- but if I press down all the way (so that the 
contacts would be in the same position as if the winder was mounted on a body), 
the winder stops working again.

Oddly enough, if I hold the trigger switch down while this is happening, the 
winder will continue to operate after I stop shorting the contacts for as long 
as I hold the trigger down.  If I release the trigger and then engage it again 
before the winder completely stops, it'll respond to the trigger regardless of 
whether the contacts are shorted or not.  If I try to engage the trigger after 
the winder stops, nothing happens.

This behaviour occurs whether the winder is in single-shot or sequence mode.

Anybody got any ideas?  I'm flat out of 'em, myself.

Thanks in advance.

Garth

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