Graybeard
Longtime IIIf User
In my earlier comments, I suggested that Raid's need to have his camera restored to reliable operating condition might be met by a competent service technician who set out to repair the extant problem and service the shutter mechanism rather than resort to a full teardown/reassembly repair. A competent technician would recognize gummy/overoiled lubricant and remove it , where offending, as a matter of course, wherever it was in the shutter plate.
I am not suggesting a quick and dirty fix of using new oil or lighter fluid to effect a immediate "repair" (certainly not "patch and oil", whatever that is to mean) I am suggesting some wisdom in mending only what is causing the problem.
I believe Dan Daniels last comments agree with this, to wit; rigorously correct what is off with the shutter/aperture adjusting controls and avoid mucking about with the remainder of an otherwise functioning Rollei.
A total rebuild by Mr. Fleenor will undoubtedly restore Raid's Rollei to reliable operating condition after (not inconsiderable) expense and delay. It is not clear that work to correct Raid's extant troubles, but short of a massive CLA, would result in a camera that is any less reliable.
I propose/suggest that it is not necessary to tear down and rebuild the film advance mechanism and the other Rollei mechanicals if the camera malfunction is sluggish shutter behavior.
I am not suggesting a quick and dirty fix of using new oil or lighter fluid to effect a immediate "repair" (certainly not "patch and oil", whatever that is to mean) I am suggesting some wisdom in mending only what is causing the problem.
I believe Dan Daniels last comments agree with this, to wit; rigorously correct what is off with the shutter/aperture adjusting controls and avoid mucking about with the remainder of an otherwise functioning Rollei.
A total rebuild by Mr. Fleenor will undoubtedly restore Raid's Rollei to reliable operating condition after (not inconsiderable) expense and delay. It is not clear that work to correct Raid's extant troubles, but short of a massive CLA, would result in a camera that is any less reliable.
I propose/suggest that it is not necessary to tear down and rebuild the film advance mechanism and the other Rollei mechanicals if the camera malfunction is sluggish shutter behavior.
