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Saw a guy at the Portland camera show fix a stuck film advance with a drop of lighter fluid

He didn't even take the top plate off, just worked it into the mechanism. Has anyone else used that method on old SLRs?
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davis.gavin
My grandpa swore by WD-40 for everything, even his old radio.
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spencer_kim85
Whoa, that's a hard pass for me... lighter fluid can wreck the old plastics and leach into the grease.
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roberts.aaron
Hold up, @spencer_kim85, lighter fluid? That stuff is straight up AGGRESSIVE. It would turn an old radio's plastic into a brittle mess overnight. I can't believe anyone would even try that on something collectible.
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