Vickko
Veteran
Finally, my Leica IIIf CLA has gone fine....
I got the photos back today, of a test roll. No shutter pinhole leaks.
Speeds are working fine.
Shutter isn't sticking any more, although the slow speed, on first firing, isn't as smooth as I like. From the second firing onwards, it is fine.
Seems like the original issue was the first attempt at sealing the shutter curtain, resulted in a goopy coating that was sticking the shutter together. It is now cleaned off and drying fine.
And I can now field strip and reassemble an IIIf in under an hour.
....Vick
I got the photos back today, of a test roll. No shutter pinhole leaks.
Speeds are working fine.
Shutter isn't sticking any more, although the slow speed, on first firing, isn't as smooth as I like. From the second firing onwards, it is fine.
Seems like the original issue was the first attempt at sealing the shutter curtain, resulted in a goopy coating that was sticking the shutter together. It is now cleaned off and drying fine.
And I can now field strip and reassemble an IIIf in under an hour.
....Vick