Spent 4 hours fixing a shutter that just needed cleaning

I was working on an old Minolta SR-T 202 last week and the shutter was sticking at 1/1000. Took me forever trying to adjust the tension, replaced a spring, the whole deal. Finally realized after like 4 hours that there was just a tiny bit of old grease gumming up the mechanism. Has anyone else wasted a ton of time on something super simple like this?

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the_thomas1mo ago

Sounds like you were pretty deep in the weeds on that one. Could argue that four hours on a clean-and-lube job is just part of the learning curve, even if it stings. Still, a bit of old grease probably wasn't catastrophic, so maybe it's more of a lesson in patience than a real disaster.

john_fisher1mo ago

Yeah I'd say that's about right.

xena_bailey181mo ago

Yeah that "deep in the weeds" thing hits hard. My rule now is always check for gunk first before I start messing with adjustments or replacing parts.