Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leaking shutter curtain in a IIIf
From: S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 08:19:39 -0700
References: <200107180701.AAA11234@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <B77B7FC0.8B03%mjochs@web.de> <20010718222452.C1196@localhost>

My curtain replacement took two weeks at Pro Camera Service, Thousand
Oaks CA. It took that long because Klaus is semi-retired and comes in at
the end of the week.

Slobodan Dimitrov


Jeff S wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately, that will be an expensive repair: John Van Stelton tells me
> that he pretty much has to remove every last screw to replace the shutter
> curtains. He charges about $300 and takes a few months to do the job. Larry
> Lyells had a quicker technique but it involved reusing part of the old
> shutter curtain assembly-probably not a good idea at this late date.
> 
> JVS was fabricating curtains out of new material and that probably makes
> more sense than finding NOS Leica parts, which are now 40 years old.
> 
> I have not seen any really effective means of patching rubberized cloth.
>

In reply to: Message from Matthias Ochs <mjochs@web.de> ([Leica] Leaking shutter curtain in a IIIf)
Message from Jeff S <4season@boulder.net> (Re: [Leica] Leaking shutter curtain in a IIIf)