I decided to flush the shutter on my Tourist and
quickly realized I'm in over my head. The shutter came
off very conveniently with a nice little bayonet
connection. I tried some denatured alcohol from a
syringe to flush it. Now the shutter works great. All
the lens elements are completely wet as are the
shutter blades. There is a nut on the back with one
spanner slot and I cant seem to get it loose. It's not
left handed. Nothing like learning the hard way. Any
advice on what to do next would be greatly
appreciated.
Matt Mengel
--- Marv Soloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ran the first roll of film through the converted
> Tourist yesterday.
>
> Some observations:
>
> 1. Feed end upper (adjustible) locating pin has a
> small rectangular
> crosspiece that lightly snags the film spool
> crossslot. A small thin
> washer epoxied over this piece will solve the
> problem.
>
> 2. Tripping the shutter without using the shutter
> linkage on the camera
> bed is a PITA. I'll work up a way to use the
> existing shutter trip with
> the new lens/shutter and post it.
>
> 3. In spite of reasonable care in masking the camera
> body whilst doing
> the Dremel surgery, some of the swarf ended up in
> the viewfinder. I
> finally figured out how to get into the viewfinder
> and cleaned it. If
> anyone else winds up with this problem, email me and
> I'll tell you how
> to do it without removing the top plate.
>
> 4. All in all, a satifying weekend project and a
> very usable camera.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marv
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