P3D VM Personal Repair

[Mary Ann & Wolfgang Sell <vmmasell@xxxxxxxxx>]

>From: "Jeff Jessee" <jeffjess@xxxxxxx>
>
>I eagerly awaited the arrival of Stereo World, hoping for
>the article describing how to repair "shutter bounce" in the
>ViewMaster Personal camera, which had been promised either
>here or in an earlier copy of Stereo World. Alas, no such
>article, so I guess my VM chips are destined to have a dark
>side. Unless some kind soul out there could provide a brief
>description of how to do it, or maybe even do the work for a
>fee (give a quote for 3 cameras).

The camera needs a new gasket. You have to remove the back and the front to
do it, the only hard part is two hidden screws in the top, that you have to
do by "feel", one with the shutter cocked the other with the shutter tripped.

Unsolder the flash contact, after removing the bottom and the back, unhook
the spring, remove the four screws holding on the front. Then the hidden
screws. The front will then come off but the a/b knob must be rotated out,
it has a hook. Change the gasket and reassemble make sure all shutter
levers are free to engage the shutter blades. This is a good time to put in
a PC plug.

Good luck.

P.S. No one ever promised to have this in Stereo World, don't know where
you got that.

Best,

Wolfgang Sell


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