Minolta XDs/7/11 Shutter Problem

[:: Mark]

Does anyone have any experience with Minolta XD shutters?

My XD-s has stopped working reliably with the following shutter symptoms:

Speed < 1/30th: all ok
Speed = 1/30th: sometimes ok, sometimes only partial frame exposed
Speed > 1/30th: no light gets through, even though the blades move

I would have guessed the problem was some sticky oil on the blades or similar, but the camera seems to work fine with the mechanical 1/125th setting (the XDs have a single mechanical shutter speed as backup incase of batter failure).

Any ideas?

 

[B-9]

Pop open the bottom and make sure your getting go contact from the battery compartment.

The wire is very thin and just a pinch of corrosion can cause chaos.

I had a XGSE that was intermittently working and with a dab of solder was healed.