[pure-silver] Re: Help?! Minolta Autocord

Here's the next round of answers.

Nic.Woollaston@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I have an Autocord, which I no longer use much, but back when I did, it
> developed a problem with the winding/cocking mechanism.  I can't remember
> the symptoms in detail, but when I took the side panel off I discovered a
> worn cog.  The cog was not well aligned with its mate and the teeth had
> rounded off a bit.  I flipped it over and put it back.  With (gentle)
> subsequent use it has been fine.  The details of this story probably have
> no bearing on your current problem, except to note that the winding/cocking
> mechanism of Autocords may not have been built with 40 years use in mind
> and may be bit of a weak point.
>
> To get into the winding mechanism you have to take the black covering off
> the side panel, but otherwise it's pretty much just follow your nose.  I
> have never opened up the shutter.

Thanks, Nicolas.  That sounds more like what might be the problem.  I have 
heard of that type of problem with the Yashica 124G's, so maybe the Minoltas 
also were less than robust in
their manufacture.  Well, it won't kill me to dust off another camera or two 
while I work on getting this one repaired.


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Matthew Gaylen wrote:

> If it's 300 years old it might have stripped or partially stripped
> gears or a loose cotter pin, something like that, something wore out.

Well, it's a little less old than that, but I think you might be right.  
Actually, it's from about 1956 or 57.


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Richard Knoppow wrote:

> >   I am not very familiar with the Autocord. Does it have
> > automatic shutter cocking or must you cock it manually?
>
> Manually.  It has a crank, like a Rolleiflex, so you turn the crank forward 
> to advance the film and back it up a quarter turn to cock the shutter.
>
>       This is the sort of thing I mean, the shutter is not cocked directly 
> but by means of some coupling to the crank. It is possible the shutter is not 
> being fully cocked. Failure
> to trip but making a click is a typical symptom.

Okay, sorry, I misunderstood your question.  I took "automatic" to mean 
something that one of those new-fangled things with batteries does.  Do you 
think it would be some problem in
the linkage that would cause the shutter to not get fully cocked, or a problem 
in the shutter itself?


I think the side is going to have to come off, so I can see what is going on in 
there.  Which means this project has to go on the shelf until I get my winter's 
supply of firewood cut!

Leigh


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