Himatic 9 shutter and timer

[preforged]

I have a Minolta Himatic 9 with two problems.

1.The timer tab will not stay in the advanced position unless I hold it by hand,activate the shutter,then it will time out


2.In the b setting manual,the shutter will not remain open when the shutter button is held down,All other speeds appear o.k.

Advice please .

Thanks

 

[Stu W]

I have a copy of the service manual. Maybe it will be of some help. Stu

http://mysite.verizon.net/stuems/himatic9servicemanual.zip

 

[XAos]

Thanks - I have a 9 which won't fire unless it's on self timer mode.

 

[refinder]

I have a copy of the service manual. Maybe it will be of some help. Stu

http://mysite.verizon.net/stuems/himatic9servicemanual.zip

thank you very much Stu W for making that repair manual availble to others,
that's very kind of you!

i downloaded it, very helpful.

 

[filmgoerjuan]

I've downloaded the zip, but it keeps telling me the files are locked and it won't let me view them. Any advice?

 

[refinder]

hi preforged,

have you got your selftimer fixed? i just fixed mine. in the process, i noticed that when the shutter is being cocked, a pin on the cocking ring moves out of the way, so that a spring loaded latch will be able to move in place to stop the selftimer lever in place. that spring is rather tiny, and if it slipped off the lever, or off some other post that holds its other end, this latch would not be spring loaded anymore, thus nothing would be there to catch the selftimer lever in the set position, as it happened to me during.

hope this can be of help.

- refinder