Back Complete; Film Spool Housings And Spacers; Mechanism Plate - Kodak Medalist II How To Service

BACK COMPLETE (See figure 12).
Place the two hinge latches in position, one at
each end of the back, and fasten them with the two
hinge screws.
Place the two hinge pin springs and the four hinge
pins in position and hold them in place with the hinge
latches at either end of the back. The hinge pins
must be turned so that the holes are in position to
receive th€ hinge grips.
Using adhesive tape to protect the finish on the
hinges, force the four hinge grips into place with a
pair of blunt-nosed pliers .
Replace the two hinge grip guides, one at each
end of the back,and fasten them with thefour hinge
grip guide retaining screws.
Replace the film roller pin spring in the open
end of the back film roller and insert the film rol-
ler pin with the smafI'eii(f""turned out. Put the solid
end orthe film roller in the bearing hole at the left
bottom corner of the back; then, with a small screw-
driver, push the film roller pin far enough into the
roller to allow the small end of the pin to be engaged
in the bearing hole at the top of the back.
If the window slide button was disassembled
from the back, place the window slide in place with
the window slide button extending through it. Rest
the back on a metal block covered with adhesive
tape to protect the finish on the outer end of the
window slide button, and turn over the inner end of
the button with a small hammer .
With the window slide covering the round hole
through the back, slide the window slide spring
under the window slide with the straight end resting
against the nearer side of the window slide button
and the curved portion of the spring over the spring
stud. Push the short end of the spring down so that
it rests against the side of the recess provided for
the spring.
Replace the window slide cover assembly and
fasten it with the seven window cover retaining
screws.
Replace the film tension pad assembly with the
large hole over the film window and fasten it with
the two tension pad holding screws.
FILM SPOOL HOUSINGS, AND SPACERS
(See figure 11).
Replace the left and right mechanism plate spacer
and fasten them with the two case screws. - - -
With the bottom . plate in position beneath the
case, place the spool tension over the centering
stud of the film roller bracket. Fasten it with one
of the bottom plate screws. The right-hand plate
screw is inserted through the right-hand spool
bracket and secured. The bottom plate washer is
put in position over the hole in the center of the
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case and fastened with the remaining bottom plate
screw.
With the blade of a small screwdriver, scrape
out the channels in the bottom of the case where the
bottom edges of the spool housings are to
fit.
Apply
black wood lacquer dope to the channels.
NOTE: The lacquer dope functions as a
filler ; wood lacquer dope should there-
fore be used in preference to metal lac-
quer dope because it has a higher per-
centage of solids. If only clear dope is
available, add carbon black to it so that
no light will be transmitted. If neither
clear nor black lacquer dope is available,
use regular black wood lacquer without
thinning.
Place the left and right spool housing assemblies
in position in the case. Set each housing in its
channel by placing a wood or fiber block on top of
the spool housing and tapping the block gently.
MECHANISM PLATE (See figure 11).
With the blade of a small screwdriver, scrape
out the channels in the bottom of the mechanism
plate into which the top edges of the spool housings
are to fit. Apply black wood lacquer dope to the
tops of the spool housings. Refer to the preceding
paragraph.
Place the right-hand case film roller in place .
This roller can be distinguished from the left-hand
casefilm rollerby the double shoulder ateach end.
Lower the mechanism plate and the safety con-
troldriving shaft assembly down on the case, fitting
the driving shaft into the left-hand hole of the case
and the right-hand case film roller into the right-
hand hole in the mechanism plate.
CAUTION: The safety control driving
shaft assembly must work freely, and
care should be taken not to bend the shaft
where it passes through the mechanism
plate.
Replace one mechanism plate holding screw near
the trigger button . This will hold the right end of
the mechanism plate down so that the right-hand
case film roller will not jump out while the left-
hand case film roller is being replaced. Lift up the
left end of the mechanism plate enough to slip the
left-hand case film roller into the holes in the case
and mechanism plate in which it rests. Now re-
place the remaining mechanism plate holding screw
in the hole in front of the key post bushing.
Where they come together, coat the edges of the
mechanism plate and the top of the case with black
wood lacquer dope. Then place the two neck strap
bracke, t s in place and fasten them with the four re-
taining screws.