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yokohama · 08-02-19, 08:01 PM

I'm going to give up on removing the Fed top. It's had nightly doses of WD40 and a few light hammer taps but the lens still won't unscrew. I don't want to overdose on lubricant or go too hard on the hammer for fear of either getting oil on the optics internals or cracking them.
Lighter fluid through the bottom of the shutter rollers seems to have loosened up the shutter so I've decided to stick with that for now and see how it goes.
It's had a good clean and degrease so I'd like to lightly lubricate some of the cogs and mechanism. What's best? I got oil, GT85, grease, lithium grease, gun grease, gun oil, moly dry lube ...
Now for the lens .. clean the optics and fix the stiff focus.

08-02-19, 08:01 PM	#5986
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 283	Re: Vintage film cameras I'm going to give up on removing the Fed top. It's had nightly doses of WD40 and a few light hammer taps but the lens still won't unscrew. I don't want to overdose on lubricant or go too hard on the hammer for fear of either getting oil on the optics internals or cracking them. Lighter fluid through the bottom of the shutter rollers seems to have loosened up the shutter so I've decided to stick with that for now and see how it goes. It's had a good clean and degrease so I'd like to lightly lubricate some of the cogs and mechanism. What's best? I got oil, GT85, grease, lithium grease, gun grease, gun oil, moly dry lube ... Now for the lens .. clean the optics and fix the stiff focus.