----- Original Message ----- From: TM Subject: RE: Motor Drive problems
> Thanks. If it is just gears, do you know if anyone can fabricate the > gears if they > are not available? If they are made of plastic, I also wonder if it > would be wise to > see if they can be fabbed in brass or stainless steel. We are thinking along similar lines. I think having brass gears made by a good machine shop would be a good repair. Yhe gear train is that cheesey soft white nylon crap that they use to save production costs. > > Your description sounds exactly like the problem- the motor drive works > perfectly for > the first 4 or 5 frames every single time and always works perfectly > when no film is in > the camera. Did you check on the possibility of a bad electrical connection? If it is that, it is an easier fix. It is certainly worth inspecting, if you can do it yourself. > > Are cameras impossible to fix for a reasonable price if the manufacturer > no longer supports > the model? I'll bet that if my Dad had bought a Nikon F3 this wouldn't > be such a big problem. If you had an F3, it wouldn't be a problem at all. The F3 was Nikons top line camera, and was only discontinued a few years ago. I had a Nikon F2 for many years. I purchased it new in 1975. I finally ended up selling it to a friend when I switched over to Pentax. He finally killed it 3 years ago by submersing it in some river in Pennsylvania. Nikon Canada was very apologetic about their inability to fix it. Apparently, a couple of parts that they could no longer aquire needed replacing. > > I need the Motor Drives, so I'll have to see what KEH says and see if we > can work out something > so that I can get some working Motor Drives until I can go buy something > like an MZ-S, but > I like my Super A a lot. The Super Program is a nice camera. My only complaint with it is a bouncy mirror and shutter. William Robb - 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 .
