Seevo
Newbie
I am new to this and hope I am posting in the correct place.
I have a Yashica electro 35 GTN. the self timer is firmly stuck at half way through travel. This I believe is causing the shutter not to fire. No nudging, heating, or anything will move it.
I have found a service manual online and can see how to delve down to expose the self timer escapement mechanism. I will attempt to see what is causing the jamb and maybe clean with a drop of lighter fluid. However if the mechanism is damaged by for example forced movement stripping teeth or bending my question is: If I remove the escapement mechanism ( and therefore the problem) - would the camera still work? Or is this mechanism required for operation other than self timer?
Thanks.
I have a Yashica electro 35 GTN. the self timer is firmly stuck at half way through travel. This I believe is causing the shutter not to fire. No nudging, heating, or anything will move it.
I have found a service manual online and can see how to delve down to expose the self timer escapement mechanism. I will attempt to see what is causing the jamb and maybe clean with a drop of lighter fluid. However if the mechanism is damaged by for example forced movement stripping teeth or bending my question is: If I remove the escapement mechanism ( and therefore the problem) - would the camera still work? Or is this mechanism required for operation other than self timer?
Thanks.
Welcome to the forum- I moved this question to the "Do It Yourself" repair forum.
I've never tried removing the self-timer mechanism. My experience- cleaning with lighter fluid always worked. If it does not, I would try to find the activate position and leave it there, allowing the shutter to fire. After that- would probably tape over the slot so it does not get knocked out of position.
I've never tried removing the self-timer mechanism. My experience- cleaning with lighter fluid always worked. If it does not, I would try to find the activate position and leave it there, allowing the shutter to fire. After that- would probably tape over the slot so it does not get knocked out of position.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Difficult to answer - this is not the typical Copal MVX shutter found in other Yashica. Based on the drawing found below, You might be lucky- unfortunately I don't know which Copal exactly Yashica used for the Electro 35 series.
