Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Editoricide
From: Lucien_vD <Lucien_vD@compuserve.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 14:16:09 -0500

Jim Barker wrote:

>Carl, I'm new on the LUG list.  I hope you don't mind if I offer a cauti=
on
>about add on rewind cranks for M3.  I used them for a few years on M2 an=
d
>M3. Often at the end of the roll when the end came mid frame I'd attempt=
ed
>to pull up on the rewind nob.  The teath of the gears would not engage a=
nd
>I was stuck unable to rewind.  On those occasions one is want to force i=
t
a
>bit.  The end result was having to have the rewind gears rebuilt twice
>which requires removing the whole rangefinder assembly. Expensive. (For
>some reason this didn't happen with M2.)

Jim,

I'm curious, is'nt your M3 an earlier one ?

Lucien
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