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Topic: Kodak M66 runs only one way

Frans Ruijs
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From: Nistelrode, Netherlands
Registered: Apr 2014

posted April 18, 2014 04:05 PM

I have an old Kodak Instamatic M66 projector which runs only one way no matter in which position the switch is. I can't see what the problem is. Can anyone help me?

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Pasquale DAlessio
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posted April 18, 2014 04:21 PM

If you remove the back and post some photos it would be better.

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Janice Glesser
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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
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posted April 18, 2014 08:29 PM

As Pat suggest...take the back off and perhaps you can see if there is a problem with the belt(s). It could also be a switch problem. Have you had this projector awhile?....Did it initially run properly?

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Frans Ruijs
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posted April 20, 2014 05:02 AM

Here are 2 pictures, one from the inside, onde from the outside.

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Joe Taffis
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From: United States
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posted April 20, 2014 08:06 PM

Hi Frans,
I don't know your projector, but it may only project one way...forward. There may not be a reverse projection option... You might have to let the whole film run through, and then rewind it threaded directly from the rear reel to the front reel....

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Pasquale DAlessio
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posted April 20, 2014 08:17 PM

Go to this site:
http://www.super8data.com/

Look up your make and model.

It is a forward projector only. Which means there is no rewind. You have to switch the reels to rewind the film.

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Janice Glesser
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posted April 20, 2014 09:22 PM

Pat is correct...FORWARD ONLY.

Here's a direct link: http://www.super8data.com/database/projectors_list/projectors_kodak/kodak_instamatic_m66.htm

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Frans Ruijs
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From: Nistelrode, Netherlands
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posted April 21, 2014 02:07 PM

Strange, there is a knob on bottom right side with 2 arrows and a O (see the second picture). The user manual says:
"Reverse projection: sometimes special effect can be achieved by projecting a film in reverse. After a given scene has been been shown, turn the reversing knob to the left as far asit will go".

I can upload the manual if needed.

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Janice Glesser
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posted April 21, 2014 05:14 PM

Frans...the Super8mm Database site unfortunately does not always have accurate information. Which may be the case with your model projector. I see the arrows you are referring to and the assumption would be that it would go in reverse as your manual describes.

As I mentioned previously...with the back removed you should observe the movement of the belt(s) and the take-up and supply gears to see how they are performing with the switch in forward and reverse position. If they look good...the selector switch may be dirty or a wire broken and not making contact. Sometimes just moving the switch back and forth will clean up any oxidation.

[ April 21, 2014, 10:50 PM: Message edited by: Janice Glesser ]

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Luis Palomino
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From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Aug 2014

posted August 18, 2014 02:58 AM

Hi all,

I have that projector and I think it has no reverse movement.

For other reasons I am not able to run the machine. The film is trapped in the pressure plate.

But I do not exactly to run it because I have no user manual. So I would appreciate very much I you could upload the user manual.

Thank you

Luis

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Isabel Arbeca
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From: Paris, France
Registered: Jul 2016

posted July 29, 2016 04:46 AM

Hi,

I have this projector. It has a reverse option, with that switch button that you can see on the picture (arrows and "o").

At first I though it was broken because it runs backwards when no film is loaded. But when you load the film, it runs normally, and the switch works only when a film is loaded !

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