I recommend give the contacts a good cleaning with the
end of a pencil eraser (one from an ink pen that is a
little more abrasive is best) and then use an
electrical contact cleaner and preservative. Craig
ProGold is excellent.
http://www.caig.com/index1.htm
Don't rub with something that will remove the plating
on the metal (like sandpaper).
My Winder 1 was inoperable a few weeks after I bought
it used and I panicked, but brought it back to perfect
life with this treatment. BTW, the contacts looked
fine before the treatment.
--- Chris O'Neill <chris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm having problems with one of my winder 2's.
> Here's what's happening:
>
> 1. Press the trigger. Shutter (OM-4) fires.
> Winder "winds" but not
> quite all the way to the next frame. Push film
> advance lever about 1/4th
> the way to complete the cycle.
>
> 2. Remove that winder, and replace it with my other
> one. Press the
> trigger. All works just fine.
>
> 3. Remove second winder, and re-install the first
> one. Take batteries
> out of second winder and put them in first winder.
> Try again. Same
> thing... winder doesn't quite cycle fully and I
> have to push the film
> advance lever just a bit to finish the cycle.
>
> 4. Take both winders and try them on my OM-2. Both
> work fine,
> although the first winder does sound a wee bit
> "sluggish."
>
> I repeated the above with several sets of batteries,
> just to rule-out that
> possibility. The results were the same... the one
> winder is "sluggish"
> and doesn't quite wanna do the job. Oh, yeah, one
> last thing... I
> checked the contacts (both on the battery holder and
> inside the winder),
> and they appear to be okay.
>
> Ideas? Fixes?
>
> Thanks, in advance, for any help offered!
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
> ---
> I'm *not* a Zuikoholic.... I'm a Zuikohobbyist!
> Chris O'Neill (chris@xxxxxxxxx)
> http://www.joinco.ca
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