Battery contacts are riveted into the battery holder, and that is often the
problem. remove batteries and look at contacts. If they are green, try
cleaning inner and outer surfaces.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY 11743
omtech@xxxxxxxxx | www.zuiko.com
Factory Trained OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Manuel Viet" <oly@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 11:47 AM
Subject: [OM] Winder 1 failures ?
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I've got a winder 1 I bought used (no wonder) about 10 years ago while
> travelling in the UK. I like this device, it has worked ok since, but it
> recently became erratic, either with my OM 1 or my 2n. I suspected the
> battery assembly to have become bended with time, but it was erratic on
> external power also. It didn't always fire, and when it did, the sound was
> like it had difficulties to carry the film ; although once, it ate a roll
> before I had a chance to stop it !
>
> And today, it has just stubornly refused to do anything : no whizz, no
> bang,
> no nothing. So I'm wondering what are the main causes of failures with
> this
> device. I'd love to have it overhauled, but I'm a bit broke and save
> available money to buy films and chemicals. So I'll probably try to fix it
> myself - at least have a look. It can't be more complicated than removing
> the
> foam in my bodies, which I did successfully.
>
> Trouble is the previous owner badly damaged the 2 screws which appear to
> lock
> the bottom on the handle, through the low metallic strap holder (bottom
> left
> when seen from front). So I will have to drill at least one out to open,
> which I'll do only if my problem looks fixable.
>
> Any idea of the main causes of winder 1 failures ? Precision : every
> necessary
> bits, holders, rods, contacts, are clean and present. The outside is a bit
> beaten, but appart from cosmetics, all looks ok and in place, save those 2
> screws.
>
> --
> Manuel Viet
>
>
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