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[Stephen Furley]

I have an early Pacemaker, with side mounted Kalart rangefinder.

Since I have had it the shutter selector has been difficult to move to the trip position, but since I never trip the shutter by this means this hasn't been a great problem. I hadn't used the camera for about three years, and when I got it out to clean and check over a few weeks ago, the selector wouldn't move from the front position. I used the camera last weekend, and everything worked fine, as I wasn't using the focal plane shutter, and luckily, it is in the open position. When I looked at the camera this morning I noticed that the shutter selector is very loose, it still won't move up or down, but it will rotate until one corner of it hits the rangefinder housing, and it can be pulled in and out by almost a milimetre

This evening I removed the six screws holding the outer cover, and took off the cover. The selector is so loose that it feels as if it is about to fall off, but I cannot see any way to tighten it, nor what is preventing it from moving up or down. I am guessing that because it is loose, pressing in on the top or bottom isn't releasing it to move, as it should.

I can now see four screws, holding the brass plate in place, but I am reluctant to remove these for fear of lots of small parts springing out before I can see where they are supposed to go!

Is this a common problem with these cameras, and how do I safely get access to fix it?

Thanks for any advice you can give.
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Stephen Furley

[ImageMaker]

There's a Pacemaker repair manual available at the Bristol Views web site; it should have everything you need to know about the shutter selector, including (long obsolete) part numbers and (amusingly low) prices for those parts, and the procedure for servicing that section of the camera. It's a PDF document, so you'll need Adobe Reader to open it...
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