Topic: Yashica Lynx-5000 repair: any hints?

[Francois]

I'm about to attempt what I believe will be my most thorough repair yet. I've had this Yashica Lynx 5000 for over 10 years. When I bought it, I didn't notice that there was a problem with one of the aperture blades... I don't know if it's got a broken pivot or if it just somehow found a way to get out of its raceway.
Lucky for me, I paid less than 5$ for it, so no big loss there. But I'd really like to get it working as it has a nice f/1.7 lens on it.

Anybody ever repaired one? Any tips?
I expect that there will be at least 4 wires hooked to it since it has a metering system. But for the rest, I'm essentially going in it blind...

[Pete_R]

Everything you need to know is at

http://web.archive.org/web/20180517200459/http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/yashicalynx.html

[Francois]

Thanks!
I had all but forgotten about the Favorite classics site.
I've been looking at eBay for parts cameras. These definitely don't come cheap!
If I find the broken stud, I wonder if I might be able to spotweld it back on the blade? My dad has a lab quality spotwelder in his garage...

[Pete_R]

The Classic Camera Repairs site is up and running again at https://kyp.hauslendale.com/cgi-bin/forum/discus.cgi?pg=topics

[Francois]

Thanks for the info Pete!