Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Kyle, Coca-cola is sugar water, use Loc-tite light. Never feed your Leica sugar! Regards, Greg V8PWR@aol.com wrote: >Dans un courrier daté du 14/02/02 16:02:41 Paris, Madrid, >KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu a écrit : > >>ah, i'm living in the dumps now. yesterday my m6 quit on me. >> >> i was winding away and came to the end of the roll, although i was only on >> frame 15. put another roll in, wound through 10 frames and it refused to >> advance any further. rewound, tried again, ten frames and it refuses to >> advance further; first ten go along smoothly though. opened the back and >> bottom, ran a roll through, it still stopped after ten frames, couldn't >> figure out why, but i now have to either >> >> a) send it out to meet it's sister in germany >> b) start rolling 9 exposure rolls. or >> c) begin to use the hindenburg leica exclusively. >> >> which i wouldnt mind, but it takes 8 minutes to change film in it. oh woe >> >is > >> me. >> >> you may now begin making jokes at my expense. >> >> kc >> > >I know why Kyle . >I've had this failure on one of mine and it's a simple fix . >Your pb is probably due to the rewind nut , right under >the rewind button , that is un-winding itself when you >arm the shutter . >Solution : screw it back in with a small screwdriver just >after you've applied some Coca Cola ( no kidding ) on the >thread to glue it . >Coke is a nice thread sealer cause it's easy to remove . >Chears > >Jo Goodtimes , France >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html