Are you sure the shutter is completing its travel? I have an S1A with a sticky shutter and I have to give the second curtain a nudge to make its travel complete before the mirror will come down.
HTH Powell >A coworker, Ashley, purchased a Honeywell SP500 at a thrift store over >the weekend. Cosmetically, it's near perfect. No dents, no bright >marks, all the paint is intact. The shutter is consistent, if not >accurate, the film advance works well, the interior is clean. She >paid $4 for it (count 'em, four)! But the mirror stays up. When I >move a little lever out of the way the mirror can be pulled down, but >it springs back up. Any thoughts on adjustments or simple repairs >that may correct this? I'd really like to save this little beauty. >(A big thanks to Mark for making the service manual available. >Unfortunately, I'm just a bit too dense to make sense of it.) > >Scott Loveless
