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Subject: Re: [Leica] kyle is LEICALESS!
From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 20:08:48 -0700
References: <171.8d67e1d.299d5f89@aol.com>

Hi Kyle,

Coca-cola is sugar water, use Loc-tite light.

Never feed your Leica sugar!

Regards,

Greg

V8PWR@aol.com wrote:

>Dans un courrier daté du 14/02/02 16:02:41 Paris, Madrid, 
>KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu a écrit :
>
>>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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