A little Retinette help?

I'm working on a Retinette 017 that someone else has had apart before me. It came to me with a sticky shutter and no connection between the shutter release button and the release lever on the shutter itself. Its a Prontor SV shutter. The camera had the metal strap and small tube that is supposed to hook to the release lever but it doesn't seem to be the correct part. If you check the photos I link to below you will see that the tube is way too long, no way the shutter release pin is going to go in there with the lens mounted up. I can easily cut this tube down to size, I think the strap is long enough, but maybe I'm missing something? Is there a part needed here that I'm not aware of or did someone in the past just stick the wrong part on this camera?

Hopefully someone here has a 017 they can take a look at, I'd appreciate it.

The shutter is now working fine and the stuck release button (to unlock the bellows) is now working. Also fixed the sticky film wind/double exposure protection setup (one dirty camera!) so the only thing left is this shutter release connection.

Pictures here on Flickr:

https://flic.kr/s/aHskdY89Sw

Hi Ed, I have a Retinette 017 and the tube is only about 3mm long. Yours is definitely some kind of homebrew part. The post on the Prontor release extends right through the tube on mine and sticks out the other end by about 2-3 mm. The tube appears to be integral with the sheet metal coupling that goes into the body to couple with the shutter button, as if they just formed it by curling the end of the sheet metal. I hope that helps. I could take a photo or two if you want.

hsandler said:

Hi Ed, I have a Retinette 017 and the tube is only about 3mm long. Yours is definitely some kind of homebrew part. The post on the Prontor release extends right through the tube on mine and sticks out the other end by about 2-3 mm. The tube appears to be integral with the sheet metal coupling that goes into the body to couple with the shutter button, as if they just formed it by curling the end of the sheet metal. I hope that helps. I could take a photo or two if you want.

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Thanks for the reply H! Turns out I was missing a goodly number of parts. I dug around in a small bin of broken Retinas and Retinettes I have and found what I need. I was missing the whole assembly that mounts behind the lens plate. A long pin, the part you were talking about, a small bushing.. Fortunately I found it all and the camera is back together and working.

Thanks you!

Ed