I've found that you have to move the camera / winder combo around in all
positions while it is firing to see it it's going to act up. very
often, camera WILL fire fine horizontally, but as soon as you go
vertical, the winder motor spins without engaging. This is the tip off
that CE0019 rubber O ring is bad.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
Darin wrote:
> Hello Peter,
>
> I assume you're using the winder on the OM-2s. I had a similar problem with
> both winders 1 & 2 on my 2s. In my case, I never noticed any correlation to
> the position of the camera, instead it seemed to have more to do with where
> I was at on a roll of film. The middle third of a roll was where it had
> trouble advancing. I came to the conclusion, with the help of the list, that
> the winders just didn't have enough power to advance the film. So, I
> purchased a moter drive, which seemed to help, but not solve the problem
> completely.
>
> I just recieved my 2s back from John Hermanson yesterday, after a fairly
> major malfunction related to the winding gears in the camera. I'll be taking
> the camera out for a test roll this weekend, we'll see if the repair has had
> any effect on a winders ability to advance the film. If it has, I'll let you
> know, you my want to send your camera in for some preventive maintenance.
>
> Darin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Bell" <peter.bell@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:23 PM
> Subject: [OM] winder 2 question
>
>
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>Thanks again for the helpful responses about the flash indicator on my
>>OM-2S
>>from a few days back. Apologies for coming back to the well so soon, but
>>my
>>Winder 2 recently starting acting up, and maybe one of you can diagnose
>>the
>>problem. The winder's motor seems fine, but when I hold the camera
>>horizontally (bottom plate face down), the winder has trouble advancing
>>the
>>film. Motor just keeps whirring. The problem is at its most extreme if I
>>point the camera upward, as if I were taking a picture of someone at the
>>top
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