Bressa L-Worth Repairing?

[ktmrider]

I bought a Bressa L about 4 years ago to use with my 15mm when I wanted a spare body. Well, I paid $69 for it and it sat in the box for months. When I pulled it out, film would not advance correctly. It looks like the film sprocket advances the film faster then the take up spool will take it up.

Now I suppose this could just be a gear out of alignment in the film advance drive train and might be easily repairable if I can get the bottom off (taking it to ABQ tomorrow which is the closest camera repair shop). What do you think is a reasonable amount to spend on repair $50?

It looks like it would be a hoot with the 15. Every thing else (metering, shutter etc) seems to work. Anyone else experience this problem?

 

[Thardy]

The same thing happened to mine. I returned it and received one that worked.

 

[aniMal]

This is the clutch that is malfunctioning. There are two nylon washers that are acting as a friction clutch driving the take up spool. They have probably lost tension from not being used, and thus advance at reduced speed...

I should be easy to repair, but probably not worth paying for it. If you feel like giving i a try it should be manageable, I believe the interiors of an L would be very simple. As far as I recall the gears could even be in the bottom of the camera? In that case it should be quite easy...