Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 rewind question(freezing wx)
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:50:52 -0700

Are you sure I did as I cannot remember doing so. My mind has a mind of 
its own these days. It would be a  reasonably challenging job -- 
special tools and what not -- as you would have to remove the top plate 
to get at the rewind gears.

John Collier

On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 06:04 PM, Don Dory wrote:

> No, if you just drop it in then the old lubricant remains and with it 
> the
> same gumming at low temperatures.  To truly make it work, you will 
> have to
> pull the rewind assemble, clean out all the old lubricant, then 
> reapply the
> small amount needed.
>
> Again, John Collier put the directions in the archives when another 
> LUGNUT
> dropped their camera on the rewind.

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