Yashica Campus- Film advance and shutter

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What ho one and all,

Because it is a different issue, I am starting yet another thread with three photos.

What happens. Pressing the shutter release (1), also moves the fork (2) down. That fork presses 3 down, but it does not go far enough to allow the film advance. By pressing 3 by hand about 1mm (or less) of travel is available, which in turn, allows the advance lever to work. £ then springs up to provide a stop for the film advance.

So photo A is the kinda layout. Photo B is after the shutter button has been pressed and returns but 3 stays in the sown position. Photo C shows the shutter button depressed (wedged in place in this photo) and the and 3 in the fully down position (by hand) The arrow is the gap between the end of shutter button travel and the position that 3 needs to be to allow the film to advance.

I have not actually unscrewed anything to cause this, so don't know the problem and therefore, unable to find the solution.

But kinda associated with this, is the shutter button is not tripping the shutter. Feels like it is not connecting to anything. Don't know if the shutter is tensioned or not. Additionally, the self timer lever on the shutter will not move.

When I last had the camera a few weeks ago, everything worked but the shutter adjustment was really, really tight. I have now eased that and it is rotating nicely, but no shutter activation.

Grateful for some insight.

Thanks and toodle pip (and apologies for the C,B,A rather than A, B,C and for A being oriented clockwise. Trying to unsuccessfully correct)

 

[Rekusu]

Removed the lens from the body today, and had a bit of luck. Given that one of the original problems had been that the viewfinder bright line frame mirror had broken, a shard of glass had wedged itself in the body cavity and was preventing the shutter button from moving that extra 1 mm. Now it pushed 3 to the full extent and allows the film advance to work.

That was an easy fix!

But as part of this repair, somehow, I managed to get the film advance lever into a stand-off position and could find no way to correct it. Until today. This little piece fits over the main shaft and the lever meshes into the notches. Somehow, every time I put this on the shaft, it was the same way, and gave this annoying lever stand-off. Purely by accident, today I found that the cutouts are not symmetrical and by inverting the plate, the lever sits to the camera body. Another easy fix!!