Spring location(s) on a rim set 1920s compur shutter?

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Hi,
I ran into a problem with my Voigtländer lens from an old folder where my old dial set compur aperture slider was stuck. I removed the back to check the mechanism and managed to get it to move freely again. Now upon reassembly I noticed that two springs are not attached to to the shutter mechanism (see the attached photo). The same seems to be true when looking at this guide:

Is there anything that I need to know about how to treat these springs when putting it together? Are they just supposed to rest outside of the mechanism or have the disengaged from another part of it? I also noticed that the longer spring points downwards, is this also normal or should it be straightened to be more horizontal?
I appreciate any pointers!
I tried to look for a service manual but couldn't manage to find anything for these early shutters.
 

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Unfortunately compur shutters were not intended to be disassembled in this fashion. You really need to go from the front. There are a number of springs and levers that are tensioned against the case and cannot be correctly repositioned from the outside like this.

On the bright side that just means you need to do the full disassembly and put it back together! And at least with the compur shutters there are ample resources to walk you through that.

I learned to disassemble compur shutters watching chris sherlock. Here’s him servicing a compur-rapid.

 
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