Ricoh Five One Nine help

[KristenJB]

Hi,
I took my Ricoh five-one-nine apart to clean the shutter of oil because it was basically glued together...Taking it apart wasn't difficult and the excessive oil has been cleaned away, but it's not cycling all the way through. I attached a photo of the little metal arm that should advance when I advance the film and it would then recock the shutter. So something is out of sequence now. My fingers are holding onto the little metal arm I'm taking about. I'm at a loss as what to do next with it. There aren't many videos or threads about repairing this camera. I did find a thread on Flickr that shows what it should look like for reference. I feel like I need a video to see the full sequence. Here's a link to the photo of what it should look like
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7699588@N07/9341346646/in/album-72157634744246670

 

[farlymac]

Yeah, some day I need to get back to working on that camera.

One thing you need to do when trying to run the shutter in a slightly reassembled state is to put the shutter cover back on so the cocking rack doesn't pop up.

PF

 

[KristenJB]

I did get it back together but the shutter is stuck shut. It's never been cleaner but I'm getting no movement 🙁

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[farlymac]

Everything starts with the B lever. If that doesn't trip, then there will be no movement. Check all the springs, then try to manipulate the Start lever. It looks like in your photo you may have the MXV switch in V mode, which is the self timer. See if you can get that to run off, or just move the switch to M or X.



PF