8mm Forum: 8mm Auto Load, Help!!

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Posted by Mark Jeffries (Member # 1845) on December 05, 2009, 08:29 PM:

Newbie here, hello all!! Im trying to use the Autoload on a Bell and howell 8mm/Super8. I can get it to take the super8 film, but it always spills out just above the lens. Its a B&H 655A I believe, found it at a garage sale, no book. Any help is appreciated!! Ciao! Mark

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on December 05, 2009, 09:37 PM:

I don't know this machine, but it's pretty common for there to be a lever which needs to be pressed down to route the film during threading, which is then released for normal projection. Sometimes these lock after they are pressed, sometimes not.

It's very possible you will find something like this and once you do it will thread up correctly.

Best of luck!

Posted by Mark Jeffries (Member # 1845) on December 06, 2009, 01:36 PM:

Thanks, Steve. I'll keep trying, no luck yet. [Frown]

Posted by Michael Dixon (Member # 1836) on December 06, 2009, 04:44 PM:

Some of the B&H require the cover, often clear plastic, over the upper feed sprocket to be gently pushed downward prior to inserting the film. The cover will lock down and will release when the film locks into the takeup reel and lifts up the little arm just in front of the reel.

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