Contax II repair problem

[manggokhs]

When I dismantled the shutter assembly from the body, two tiny parts fell off from the camera.
I am now havong trouble with finding its proper position.
Any help would be appreciated... 🙁

 

[msarkki]

Cannot say where the felt should reside - or is that somekind of felt, picture is not that clear? I cannot remember seeing anything like that in my -49 Kiev, which is very close to Contax II. Could it be from top of the camera, under top plate? Or could someone have replaced the leather on lower drum with that? Looks kinda big to be from the drum though...

The other part looks the one that should be on top of the film transport sprocket gear, kind of around it. I understood it is a light seal. Look around the red arrow in the attached picture. Picture is from Kiev shutter, but it's the same construction.

When I dismantled the shutter assembly from the body, two tiny parts fell off from the camera.
I am now havong trouble with finding its proper position.
Any help would be appreciated... 🙁

 

[Grytpype]

The felt fits in between the viewfinder eyepiece block and the shutter chassis, and the other piece is, as msarki said, some kind of light baffle at the top of the sprocket-spindle. Its positioning isn't obvious at first. Note that it fits below the large flat baffle (round with a segment cut off) - ie. nearer to the sprocket. The round baffle is very often bent out of shape when the film-gate casting forced on with the flat side of the baffle in the wrong position.

 

[Grytpype]

By the way, the baffles at the top of the sprocket-spindle seem to have been developed over the years. My picture is of a G-prefix. I think early cameras may have only the round baffle, and some nothing at all.

 

[manggokhs]

oh my...

Thank you very much!!!!!

I will now be able to re-assemble my contax!

🙂