Agfa Isolette III - A Tribute

anfenglin · Apr 6, 2017

M Carter said:
Coleman fuel is one variant (camping fuel). It seems to evaporate with nothing left behind, but the fumes are insanely explosive. I wouldn't use it much indoors.

An Apugger with lots of repair experience talked me through a shutter rebuild some time ago and suggested it as the best cleaner he knew of. And I have like 1,000 Indian Guides campouts behind me...

Thank you kindly!

trendland · Apr 6, 2017

Hey good fellows - I got my Isollette II
in the last hour.

The focus is frozen. Do I need a torque?

I have a first try with strong hands and the help of 3 fingers at about 80 newton-
meters (astimated).

Now it is on 10 meters.

Hyperfocal-distance is sometimes better
than stuff from a garage.

with regards

M Carter · Apr 6, 2017

I've done two this year - heat was the only thing to loosen that grease. If it's turning at all, there's a good chance the whole group is unthreading from the shutter.

I wrote a long post a few up on how I loosened mine. There are some web links that had success with long soaks in 99% isopropyl alcohol. Tried it, didn't work, but those posts were years old - maybe the grease really turns to epoxy by 2017? But heat did it for me, even loosened the green grease on the Iso III rangefinder dial.

trendland · Apr 7, 2017

I dit it yesterday! Heat works perfect.
30 minutes at ca. 50 degree celsius.
I did it again to 3 times - now it works
like a new one.

Great idea !

with regards

M Carter · Apr 8, 2017

trendland said:
I dit it yesterday! Heat works perfect.
30 minutes at ca. 50 degree celsius.
I did it again to 3 times - now it works
like a new one.

Great idea !

with regards

Remember to lubricate the focus threads with just a minimal amount of grease - get a tiny bit on the threads (like, use a toothpick here & there), wipe it down and make sure there's no loose globs. Don't lube where the group threads into the shutter - I've seen posts where people use a tiny amount of thread lock on that, which seems like overkill to me though.

trendland · Apr 9, 2017

Yes , yust before reading your reply I
indeed thought about this.
Maybe I use a very very smal amund of
a heat-resistant ballbearing grease.

I got it sometimes in the 80th It is that kind of grease with red color - not that
original 40th stuff with transparent brown.

I used it often for special operations.
Thinking to the consistency - may work
better than weapons oil in micro amounds.

with regards

Agfa Isolette III - A Tribute

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