From your description, unfortunately, it sounds as if the problem is
much more than the regular problem caused by greasy latches. In this
case it sounds like the second curtain has (possibly) jumped out of it's
gear position (and because it is spring loaded).....unwound itself. A
very big job requiring complete disassembly. Commonly seen on 2S's,
usually caused by impact damage. It's hard to tell without seeing it.
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Adam Long wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I know this was discussed fairly recently with several of you reporting
> fairly simple repairs on OMs with stuck wind latches. I've volunteered to
> have a go at a friends (he did buy it on my recommendation!)
>
> The wind lever does not work. Pressing the shutter flips the mirror up, but
> the shutter does not release. Now the mirror is up the reason is obvious:
> the shutter showing is the 2nd one (non-patterned) .
>
> I took the base off and found by moving a couple of latches (the long one
> along the back and the small 3-way one near the film chamber) I could get the
> wind lever to wind on the film advance, but not the shutter. I wasn't sure
> which is the wind latch which commonly gets 'overwound', so I probed a bit
> further. The most obvious thing to detach seemed to be the two gears held
> together by a plate next to the motordrive socket, so off they came. At this
> point I noticed the motorwind socket was not aligned as it should be, the
> inner part being in the 11 oclock- 5 oclock position (looking from above,
> camera back nearest to me).
>
> Underneath was a stub which, when twiddled, moved the shutter curtain.
> Unfortunately only one shutter curtain moved across, at which point I decided
> I'd meddled enough and put it back together....
>
> Any ideas? More serious than the wind latch? The gears and latches did appear
> to be a little gunked up.
> Any help appreciated,
> Cheers,
> Adam
>
>
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