mynameislee2
Member
I've found this forum really helpful with the information here invaluable. So I thought I'd share some knowledge about the POD and also a stuck shutter.
This is the first time I'd opened up a Yashica Electro 35. I bought it off ebay awhile ago and it just didn't want to work. The shutter blades opened when I moved the film advance lever. When I pressed the shutter button the blades just jiggled around.
All the feedback I received was that it was the POD problem. I'd never really looked into this before so this was a little learning curve. I opted for the micro surgery approach. It took me quite a while to work out exactly where the pad was as although there are images around the web they were very confusing. I removed the top of the camera.
The pad can be seen from the front of the camera directly above and just behind the last A of the Yashica logo on the front of the camera - the green square in the image below. (care of my digital fangled phone)
I managed to cut the old pad out (it looked like a cross between a squashed beetle and a sweet gone soft in the heat). With careful hand you can remove the old pod with a scalpel and a pair of thin nosed tweezers.
It is suggested that you use part of a washer. You need something that is 4mm thick, I couldn't find one so used the top edge of a tupaware box
I then stuck the new 'pad' using J-B Weld. You only put this on the top of the pad to stick it to the metal above. The lower metal must NOT be stuck to the pad. I left the camera along for a couple of days so that the J-B Weld had plenty of time to set.
Having now got a satisfying clunk the bladed were still not working correctly. I put lighter fluid on several times and then started looking through the service manual with the intention of opening up the back element, however, this is a lot more work.
The forums say that you should keep exercising the shutter but I wasn't working. On looking through the service manual I found on page 95 a little arrow with the label 'Leaf Lever'. I used a small screwdriver and moved this lever at which point the blades started to move open and closed as I moved the lever back and forth.
I did feel very stiff. I put a little lighter fluid behind the leaf lever and also applied more to the blades. After moving if around for some time and not getting anywhere I decided to pack everything up and try again another day.
It was at this point that the shutter suddenly burst into life. It now appears to be working ok. With regard to the pad replacement. It also appears ok but I won't know for sure if the size of the tupaware was exact until I put a film through it.
So, thats my ramblings. I hope that there's some information in there somewhere that might help.
Have a good one.
This is the first time I'd opened up a Yashica Electro 35. I bought it off ebay awhile ago and it just didn't want to work. The shutter blades opened when I moved the film advance lever. When I pressed the shutter button the blades just jiggled around.
All the feedback I received was that it was the POD problem. I'd never really looked into this before so this was a little learning curve. I opted for the micro surgery approach. It took me quite a while to work out exactly where the pad was as although there are images around the web they were very confusing. I removed the top of the camera.
The pad can be seen from the front of the camera directly above and just behind the last A of the Yashica logo on the front of the camera - the green square in the image below. (care of my digital fangled phone)
I managed to cut the old pad out (it looked like a cross between a squashed beetle and a sweet gone soft in the heat). With careful hand you can remove the old pod with a scalpel and a pair of thin nosed tweezers.
It is suggested that you use part of a washer. You need something that is 4mm thick, I couldn't find one so used the top edge of a tupaware box
I then stuck the new 'pad' using J-B Weld. You only put this on the top of the pad to stick it to the metal above. The lower metal must NOT be stuck to the pad. I left the camera along for a couple of days so that the J-B Weld had plenty of time to set.
Having now got a satisfying clunk the bladed were still not working correctly. I put lighter fluid on several times and then started looking through the service manual with the intention of opening up the back element, however, this is a lot more work.
The forums say that you should keep exercising the shutter but I wasn't working. On looking through the service manual I found on page 95 a little arrow with the label 'Leaf Lever'. I used a small screwdriver and moved this lever at which point the blades started to move open and closed as I moved the lever back and forth.
I did feel very stiff. I put a little lighter fluid behind the leaf lever and also applied more to the blades. After moving if around for some time and not getting anywhere I decided to pack everything up and try again another day.
It was at this point that the shutter suddenly burst into life. It now appears to be working ok. With regard to the pad replacement. It also appears ok but I won't know for sure if the size of the tupaware was exact until I put a film through it.
So, thats my ramblings. I hope that there's some information in there somewhere that might help.
Have a good one.
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b1bmsgt
Yeah, I still use film...
The POD should actually be 2mm thick, not 4, I hate to say. The extra thickness could cause problems with your over and under lights, and could actually cause the battery to drain rapidly due to the travel of the electrical contacts being off.
Russ
Russ
mynameislee2
Member
That was close
That was close
Thanks for pointing that out. And I'm very happy to say that it was a typo on my part.
That was close
Thanks for pointing that out. And I'm very happy to say that it was a typo on my part
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micromoogman
Well-known
The shutter should be functioning at 1/500s even with POD. I have had a couple with gummed shutter blades that suddenly burst into life as I started to fiddle with them...