TDC Stereo Colorist II sticky shutter.

[awty]

Hi I bought my first stereo camera the other day, was in excellent condition except for the usual non functioning shutter. None of the easy tricks worked, ended up having to take it apart remove the lens elements ( which needed cleaning any way). What a pain to get working had many attempts at cleaning and lubing. Was really hard to get the right amount of oil. Too much and it wouldn't work too little and the same. I think the cooking spring is a little too weak for two shutters. Anyhow after nearly giving up I finally had it firing. Seems a little slow on the fast speeds, but I haven't tested properly to see.
The good thing is it comes apart pretty easily.
I added a small piece of shrink plastic on the cocking lever because the camera cooking mechanism wasn't quite pushing the lever all the way.
Hopefully it will work.

 

[cmacd123]

where would you put Oil in a shutter? Normaly they take just some Moly powder.

 

[awty]

where would you put Oil in a shutter? Normaly they take just some Moly powder.

Just a few spots around the cocking mechanism to just get it over the line after firing.

 

[OAPOli]

Thanks for posting this @awty

I guess the focus/RF coupling is done via the vertical slotted tab found under the "TDC" logo? I wonder how the transverse motion pivots the RF mirror... Did you ever take off the top plate?