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Just spent 4 hours fixing a stuck film advance on a 1970s Pentax because of one tiny spring

It was hiding under the gear train and I had to take the whole top plate off twice. Anyone else have a simple fix turn into a full rebuild?
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caleb241
caleb2412mo ago
That tiny spring sounds like a nightmare.
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harperwright
You're not wrong, @caleb241. That spring is a menace. I spent twenty minutes trying to get it to sit right, and it just kept pinging off into the carpet abyss. I found it stuck to a sock, then behind the leg of my desk. I swear those things are designed to test human patience.
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burns.ruby
burns.ruby2mo ago
Nah, that's the fun part for me.
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