Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Please, can we pause just a second on 179 different camera suggestions (which is perhaps not an actual count) for a 10 year old, Voightlander lenses and scantily clothed cowboys (nice shot, by the way - the girl's grin says it all) and help poor ignorant me? I see you people do get carried away sometimes. Someone, somewhere, must have had a problem with loosing the spring in the center of the take up spool, haven't you? Or does this always happen ignore it? Or has it never happened, I'll be lucky to get another roll of film through it, a message accompanied by an off list offer to buy this piece of damaged goods for 50 or 100 bucks. Dave On Sunday 05 August 2001 09:00 am, Dave Hillman wrote: > There is a spring that was in the take up spool of my M4-2. It has > dissapeared. Probably fell out when I was changing film in the field. > > I suspect it was broken - it should have been captured by the screw at > the bottom of the spool. > > What is its purpose? I presume it tries to place the leader at the > outer end of the spool so the film will not start wrapping around the > spool crooked. And is a spring to accomodate different widths of > leader. > > How do I get a replacement spring? > > Can I replace it myself, or do I send the camera for repair - and this > is the incentive to get another body, otherwise I'm Leicaless for weeks? > > If it must go for repair, where? Back to Keeble & Shuchat (Palo Alto)? > > -- > Dave Hillman > http:/www.hillmanimgages.com/bw/