Japanese help, Ricoh R1s

[stet]

I hope no one minds if I ask this here, but my beloved lil' Ricoh R1s makes a horrible noise whenever it advances film -- when I load the film and after every shot. It still takes great shots, it's just noisy as hell. I bought it used in Cambodia; my first one died out there from moisture (and probably sand), and I lucked out finding this one in the market. That means, though, that I probably did get sand and such in there.

So my question is, can anyone help me with a translation of this, at least the third frame:

http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/daisaku/d67.htm

A google translation of that third frame makes me think that it might have some useful information about a noisy (or sticking) gear, but I don't quite get it all. There's also some caution about the battery in that paragraph that may come handy. 😱

If I can get rid of the sound myself, I'd be so happy. I e-mailed CRIScam about a repair, and they said it'd be $85 inlcluding CLA. There's a Ricoh R1 on the bay now for half that.

Any help would be appreciated. Again, I'm sorry to post a non-RF repair question, but if anyone can point me to a more proper forum, I'd appreciate that too.

 

[mtokue]

Hi, Stet
Just found your post, I'll have a go.
The page that you found, is by a guy that had a problem with his R1 powering up.
In otherewords It did sometimes and sometimes It Does not.
The first two frames show the screws that need to be taken off to open up the camera.
The third frame he starts by explaning that you need to proceed with caution when you try to pry off the front casing. He recomends the use of a thin minus driver to help pry the casing. (apparently the screws are not the only thing keeping the front case on! there are small catches) He then goes on to explain the part that is probably of most interest to you. He first used very small quantities of benzine on the gears at the bottom to help clean the grime off. after application he would power on the camera and after a few repititions the gears became smooth in their opperation.
He then mixed in a small amount of lubricating oil and applied to the gears.
The warning in read is that the Flash's Capacitor is seen at the top left and you really want to avoid getting a shock from that when you are doing this!!!
Anyway I hopethat helps!
Mike.

 

[stet]

thanks, Mike! I had already put the camera on the shelf for "some other day," but now I'm gonna try to get into it this weekend.