Kiev 4a shutter is back!

[alexM]

My old 4A that would not wind shutter suddenly is working!.

It initially broke after shooting 3 rools You could advance film but shutter would not wind. It was almost as something was not catching.

Yesterday I playied with it for a while and suddenly it start winding. I "shot" a roll through it and it went without a glitch.

What would've caused it?

regards,
alex

[greyhoundman]

Might have just been some yak snot grease gumming up the works.

[Cutly]

I have the same problem with a 4am, probably need to be cleaned and lubricated. You saod eerything's back to normal, but I think if you don't clean it you'll have the same problem again, on time or an other.

[alexM]

I got the same no-winding condition with a CLAed Kiev 4 which arrieved yesterday from Oleg.

The only thing I could think of doing wrong is I used an old roll to run though the camera. At the end of a roll last few spoket holes were stripped, and this could have put an addtional pressure on the winding mechanism.

Could this be the culprit?

[mnmleung]

hi alexM, do you mean that
(a) your Kiev developed a problem after Oleg's CLA, or
(b) you had the problem before sending it to Oleg for CLA?

How is it going now? Thanks from Ming