Hi, I bought a defective Drive A at Ebay. I found the problem: the connection between the battery contacts and the wires inside is done by a metal part which is clamped inside the housing onto the inner side of the battery contacts. The wires are soldered to the clamping metal part. At my drive the clamping got poor. After reworking it, everything works fine again. So maybe at your drives, it's the same contact problem.
regards > -----Original Message----- > From: TM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 3:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Motor Drive problems > > > I finally had the opportunity to test out my Motor Drive A > and found a problem- quite often, the drive wouldn't wind the > entire frame and I'd have to wind it to completion by hand. > > I checked and double-checked the attachment to make sure nothing > was loose, but it looks like there is something wrong- any ideas > on what to look at that can cause this? > > It occured on high and low speeds, so I assume it is not a > problem with > just one speed but rather a problem with the drive entirely. > The camera > works fine via manual winding, so that doesn't seem to be a problem > either. > > When I get the film developed, I'll see if there is something > wrong with > the camera itself. I really hope I didn't trash 6 rolls of Porsches. > > I got it from KEH so I'll be contacting them ASAP and probably getting > another one from them. Too bad, becuase I missed a bunch of shots > because of this, esp. sequence shots that one can't do w/ manual wind. > > Taka > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
