I'd guess that you probably don't recommend do-it-yourself repairs, but how
complicated of a fix is this? I have a parts diagram and the o-ring does't
look all that hard to get to, but sometimes it's hard to tell from a
diagram. Also, is the o-ring a common enough size that it would be easy to
acquire? If not, could a person purchase them from/through you?
Thanks,
Darin
John Hermanson wrote:
>
> I've found that you have to move the camera / winder combo around in all
> positions while it is firing to see it it's going to act up. very
> often, camera WILL fire fine horizontally, but as soon as you go
> vertical, the winder motor spins without engaging. This is the tip off
> that CE0019 rubber O ring is bad.
>
> ___________________________________
> John Hermanson
> Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
> 21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
> 631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
> http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
>
>
> Darin wrote:
>> Hello Peter,
>>
>> I assume you're using the winder on the OM-2s. I had a similar problem
>> with
>> both winders 1 & 2 on my 2s. In my case, I never noticed any correlation
>> to
>> the position of the camera, instead it seemed to have more to do with
>> where
>> I was at on a roll of film. The middle third of a roll was where it had
>> trouble advancing. I came to the conclusion, with the help of the list,
>> that
>> the winders just didn't have enough power to advance the film. So, I
>> purchased a moter drive, which seemed to help, but not solve the problem
>> completely.
>>
>> I just recieved my 2s back from John Hermanson yesterday, after a fairly
>> major malfunction related to the winding gears in the camera. I'll be
>> taking
>> the camera out for a test roll this weekend, we'll see if the repair has
>> had
>> any effect on a winders ability to advance the film. If it has, I'll let
>> you
>> know, you my want to send your camera in for some preventive maintenance.
>>
>> Darin
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peter Bell" <peter.bell@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:23 PM
>> Subject: [OM] winder 2 question
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hello all,
>>>
>>>Thanks again for the helpful responses about the flash indicator on my
>>>OM-2S
>>>from a few days back. Apologies for coming back to the well so soon, but
>>>my
>>>Winder 2 recently starting acting up, and maybe one of you can diagnose
>>>the
>>>problem. The winder's motor seems fine, but when I hold the camera
>>>horizontally (bottom plate face down), the winder has trouble advancing
>>>the
>>>film. Motor just keeps whirring. The problem is at its most extreme if I
>>>point the camera upward, as if I were taking a picture of someone at the
>>>top
>
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