Yashica 35 M Repairs

Things were going smoothly until I did the final assembly.  When the camera came to me, the LVS system was all messed up, and the shutter was jammed.  On opening it up, I found the control arm for the apertures was bent due to some brute force applied to the Cross-Couple Ring by a pair of pliers.  Everything went back together nicely, with the shutter and self timer working fine.  But the LVS control just didn't work right.

After going over my photos, it looks like I may have not got the shutter click-stop back in its proper position, and that probably cause the control rings failure.  I'll have to go back in, and reset everything.  Would hate to relegate such a rare camera to being a shelf queen.

Link at the end to all the photos and videos on Flickr with narrative, and annotation. 



Front Element Group Removal by br1078phot, on Flickr











Copal-SVL Exposed by br1078phot, on Flickr









Bent Aperture Control Arm by br1078phot, on Flickr









Control Ring Disassembly 2 by br1078phot, on Flickr









Yashica 35 M by br1078phot, on Flickr



www.flickr.com/photos/7699588@N07/sets/72157640806959635/


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