Repair manual for Leica IIIG

[leicam]

Hi,
I have just got a Leica IIIG. I try to load i film in it, but it would not enter properly. Then it fall out some pieces of old film from the body. I seems like it is still some more in there.

Anybody who knows how to open the body so I can remove the rest of these pieces.

When I take the end of a film between the back and the shutter, I can move these pieces around, but I am not able to take them out without taking the body apart.
:bang:

[laptoprob]

I guess the IIIg is similar to the IIf in that way. You can unscrew the small screws in the front and take the bodyshell off. Gently push the pressure plate when you do take the shell off to avoid scratching it. Beware not to lose the two springs behind the pressure plate.

Welcome, by the way!

[Xmas]

First buy a big air bulb blower, hold the camera baseplate down and blow and to try and dislodge film bits, then try moving with scrap film, tweasers, any thing...

Try removing the lens then firing the shutter on T and removing any bits of film through the shutter aperature but out via the baseplate, flash light, dental mirror, and probably necessary tools for this.

If you got lots of bits film in the shutter blind area that is more difficult. Watch makers screw drivers, small pliers, eraser rubber etc.,... and

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Be careful.

Noel

[john neal]

The IIIf manual will show you how to strip the body far enough to get at all those annoying fim chips - my copy is hosted by Kim Coxon at www.pentax-manuals.com it is well worth having.

[payasam]

Thank you, John and Kim. I have long had the IIIf document of which you write and have passed it on to a couple of others.

[leicam]

Hi everybody and good morning. It is 07:30 AM here in Norway now.
Thank you very much for your great help all of you.

I downloaded the repair manual for the IIIf from www.pentax-manuals.com (http://www.pentax-manuals.com) (thanks John). The bodyshell and self-timer at the IIIf and the IIIg are indetical. I found some more film chips inside.

Now it is tested and everything works fine again, except I did not manage to adjust the self-timer at first attempt. Printing out the repair manual, then I fix that part later.

[john neal]

Good news!

The self-timer can be tricky, I believe. Did you cock it before you stripped the body?

[leicam]

No, I did not. I have a feeling I made a mistake when I took it apart, but it is not a big deal for me.

[xayraa33]

make sure you have cut the film leader to the bottomloader pattern.