With no film in the camera, you cannot advance the film lever. It is
uncoupled. Reason is that once you load film, and line up the arrow on the
backing paper with the appropriate 120 or 220 designator, and close the
back, the advace lever does not cock the shutter until you arrive at Frame
#1. Not #0. Anyway, an empty camera, or a loaded one with the back open,
cannot be tested without the infamous 6x7 "tool" that you can stick in a
small hole in the upper right side light locking channel on the back of the
body. This engages something that enables operation without film, perhaps
with out batteries??
The "tool" is about 1" round, with two curved spikes coming off the top in
either direction. Imagine, laying on your back, and having a wart hog with
it's head just above you, and eying your privates. IF the hog had a round
head, with it's horns, in silluette, 'twould look like the "tool."
In harmony with this beginning of film action, the advance lever only
advances the film after the last shot as well. This way the shutter remains
in an unstressed state until the next roll is loaded.
Luck!
JoMac
on 04/28/02 20:12, William Kane opined:
> Upon placing
> the battery in the compartment, I found that the shutter button no
> longer fires the shutter. The mirror is in the ready position.
>
> When I originally got the camera the film advance was kind of sticky,
> now it's extremely smooth. My guess is that something uncoupled inside
> the camera body. I may try to go in myself and see what I can find.
>
> I have a digital copy of the 6x7 repair manual, but if anyone has any
> clues, I'd appreciate hearing from you.
JoMac, Pentaxian
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and above the rest.
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