PSA: That 'sticky' film advance lever on a Pentax K1000 can be a real trap
Had a guy bring in his dad's old K1000 last week. Said the film advance lever was just stuck. Figured it was a quick fix, maybe some old grease. Opened it up. Cleaned the usual spots. Still stuck. Spent an hour checking the wind mechanism, the ratchet, everything. Finally, after like three hours, I'm about to give up. I look at the bottom plate one more time. There's a tiny, almost invisible piece of dried foam from the old case liner. It had gotten wedged in the linkage under the advance shaft. Pulled it out with tweezers. Lever worked perfectly. Felt like a total idiot. Three hours for a speck of foam. Anyone else ever get fooled by something that simple?