Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/14

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Subject: [Leica] kyle is LEICALESS! : the French solution
From: V8PWR@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 13:49:28 EST

 ah, i'm living in the dumps now. yesterday my m6 quit on me. 
>  
>  i was winding away and came to the end of the roll, although i was only on
>  frame 15. put another roll in, wound through 10 frames and it refused to
>  advance any further. rewound, tried again, ten frames and it refuses to
>  advance further; first ten go along smoothly though. opened the back and
>  bottom, ran a roll through, it still stopped after ten frames, couldn't
>  figure out why, but i now have to either 
>  
>   a) send it out to meet it's sister in germany 
>   b) start rolling 9 exposure rolls. or 
>   c) begin to use the hindenburg leica exclusively. 
>  
>  which i wouldnt mind, but it takes 8 minutes to change film in it. oh woe 
is
>  me.
>  
>  you may now begin making jokes at my expense.
>  
>  kc

I know why Kyle . 
I've had this failure on one of mine and it's a simple fix .
Your pb is probably due to the rewind nut , right under 
the rewind button , that is un-winding itself when you
arm the shutter .
Solution : screw it back in with a small screwdriver just
after you've applied some Coca Cola ( no kidding ) on the 
thread to glue it . 
Coke is a nice thread sealer cause it's easy to remove .
Chears

Jo Goodtimes , France 
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