Yashica Lynx 1000 Film Advance Problem. Recommendations for repaire in Mid Atlantic?

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Sepanta

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Hi Friends,
Bought the little guy from a thrift store for $20 as it looked so clean and was in the original package.
Anyway,forgot to check if the take up spool advanced with the film advance lever. Now I see that it does not!
I know it is a 'cheap' camera, but now I kind of like it and want to have it fixed and CLAed. any recommendations for an East Coast / Mid Atlantic repaire person?
Thank you,
Sepanta
 

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Hello,
The Yashica Lynx 1000 is one of my favorite rangefinders. It's overlooked compared to the Lynx 5000 and Lynx 14, but it has a very good lens.

Try Russ Sisco at www.camerarefurb.com. He's in Connecticut. He worked on a Lynx 1000 for me a few years back.

Also, Mark Hama in Georgia, a former Yashica worker in Japan. www.markhama.com.

Chris
 
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Awesome, thank you Chris!
i actually managed to fix the problem and also changed the seals, but when i was done and almost finished cleaning it, the rangefinder glass came lose and was pushed in, now I have it in pieces again and looking for a diagram to put the glass in the right position... if i don't win, I sending it to them!
 
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