scorpius73
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Im thinking of picking up a Canonet GIII for $20. Im told it needs new seals. How difficult is this, considering I've never done it. Is there anyone who does this for pay that you suggest?
New seals for Canonet GIII
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Rey
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I just did mine. I've done quite a few cameras and the GIII was the most difficult, mostly because of the quick load apparatus and the fact that they seem to use very good glue and very bad foam. I don't want to discourage you though, it takes time, but it's not rocket science. If the camera works, buy it! You won't regret it.
jamesj
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i just replaced the seals in mine too it was hard but doable just take your time and it will come...
vicmortelmans
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I've also replaced the light seals on my GIII quite recently, using the light seals using the famous light seal kit sold on ebay (is it "interslice"?). There's plenty of seal material left to do some other camera's.
The light seal kit works great, the difficult part is to remove the old seals. I used nafta, which I put in a bottle of eye drops, so you can use the pipet to moisten the old seals with the solvent. (note: don't forget to clearly write the contents on the bottle, or you'll risk to confuse with real eye drops).
But I don't think the cleaning should be perfect. As long as all the old seal material is gone. Any residual glue won't harm the new seals.
Groeten,
Vic
The light seal kit works great, the difficult part is to remove the old seals. I used nafta, which I put in a bottle of eye drops, so you can use the pipet to moisten the old seals with the solvent. (note: don't forget to clearly write the contents on the bottle, or you'll risk to confuse with real eye drops).
But I don't think the cleaning should be perfect. As long as all the old seal material is gone. Any residual glue won't harm the new seals.
Groeten,
Vic
ebolton
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I just replaced mine using the Goodman/Interslice kit. I found it fairly easy, and the QL17 is now working well. My seals were so bad I didn't need to use naptha or alcohol, or any solvent at all. I was able to just scrape the gunk off with toothpicks. I had to use a lot of toothpicks, and take some care to keep particles out of the works.
Ed
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Michael W
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Get the kit from Jon Goodman and go for it! I've done 2 Canon QL-17 GIII's that I now shoot with regularly. It's not all that hard, just takes a bit of time to remove the old gunk. I've also just resealed 2 of my Nikon SLR's.
All the best,
Michael
All the best,
Michael
dmr
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Hey, if I can do it, you can too! I second the recommendaton of Jon Goodman's kits. All made to fit pieces, Good instructions too.
The worst part of the job is getting the remains of the old seals completely out. They seem to break down into a black gooey mass. This takes a lot of patience. 🙂
The worst part of the job is getting the remains of the old seals completely out. They seem to break down into a black gooey mass. This takes a lot of patience. 🙂
pesphoto
Veteran
Jon's kit comes with instructions. Just tell him which camera you have and he will send you the appropiate ones
garythegit
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Yep! Jon's instructions for my Canonet was very very good 🙂 Don't worry if you can't get all the old glue out of the camera, a little bit left on can help the new seals to stay in place!
The main worry (at least for me) is not the seals but the shutter blades, which goo up with age as the lubricants from the lens seep onto the blades. I had to send mine to G'man here on RFF as I didn't have the tools to take the lens apart (which was a real pain). All it needed was some lighter fluid!
The main worry (at least for me) is not the seals but the shutter blades, which goo up with age as the lubricants from the lens seep onto the blades. I had to send mine to G'man here on RFF as I didn't have the tools to take the lens apart (which was a real pain). All it needed was some lighter fluid!
