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So, mine broke down too


Hans Roggen

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Well i was fortunate to enjoy exactly three weeks of Leica M8 bliss before it broke down. The shutter cocking motor keeps running every couple of shots. Sometimes it stops when it finally manages to cock the shutter but sometimes the only remedy is to take out the battery.

Has anyone come across this problem yet?

Regards

 

Hans

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That's a pity, sounds like a new problem. Presumably, something is slipping in the shutter cocking mechanism and the motor is never switching off because it never reaches the end of its travel.

 

There will be a limit switch which detects when the shutter is fully cocked. I would have expected this limit switch would be monitored by the microprocessor and I am surprised there's no timeout to switch off the motor after a couple of seconds if the shutter cocking process does not complete and put up an error message.

 

Sounds like it needs to go back to Solms...

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Im thinking it might be a press metal part, with a rather crude edge thats catching on the surround. Actually pressing on the release might be making it bell out even further.

 

investigate that avenue....

 

Now I dont suggest you do this, (just so I cant be blamed for anything after)

but I have already on my LC1 which had the same fault

 

Observe where it may be catching, it is unlikely to be all the way around, with a narrow jewellers screwdriver (if you dont have a narrow one, make one with a file, and clean up the edges) gently (very gently) insert the blade between the release and the surround and twist gently thus creating some space to free the release

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