MP Shutter Jam

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What was the question again?

 

[Keith]

Hey ... to any newly registered members viewing this thread welcome to RFF 2009.

It wasn't like this last year I promise ... we only behave like this during odd numbered years ... 2010 will be all 'huggy kissy' again! 😛

 

[peter_n]

I took peter n's advice and gave the inside a closer inspection. I did find a piece of ripped film in the take up spool and its internal spring was distorted so I sorted this out. I then tried the rewind again and decided to apply a bit more pressure praying it wouldn't make matters worse. It took only a little more and it suddenly freed up and the shutter began firing again. This can't be normal in a high precision mechanical device can it?

Seems Ok now so I'll put some film through in the next couple of days and hope it turns out fine and then forget the whole thing happened.

My MP is no longer jammed and back in the game.😀

Good news mate! 😎 No it is not normal for this to happen but it is good practice to make sure the film is set evenly between the rails before closing the back. As I recall this generally happens after hurried film insertions. Also I would follow Ken's advice above and make sure there are no further fragments in the body. Glad you're back in business! 🙂

 

[Yammerman]

Good news mate! 😎 No it is not normal for this to happen but it is good practice to make sure the film is set evenly between the rails before closing the back. As I recall this generally happens after hurried film insertions. Also I would follow Ken's advice above and make sure there are no further fragments in the body. Glad you're back in business! 🙂

Thanks Peter I will check for more bits. I think the Leica gods wanted to punish me for getting a Bessa R2a for Christmas. The thread went off like a firework but your contribution was most helpful.

Cheers

Ian

 

[Praxis Unitas]

I believe it was William Blake who said that "to generalize is to be an idiot."

I had a problem with my M8 jamming once while trying to fire. The motor kept going like crazy until I took the battery out, then started up again when I put the battery back in. Yikes!

Had to pul out an old trick that the mechanics on my submarine taught me- "mechanical agitation." It worked when I smacked the bottom to shake the shutter loose!