Yashica Super 800 Electro Question

[Lincoln Thorn]

Greeting!

I hope my wonderful friends here are having a lovely Christmas season.

I'm writing today because I recently found a lovely Yashica Super 800 Electro film camera at the Goodwill for very cheap. At first glance, it seemed in very nice condition and after a little cleaning looks brand new! If only that were the case after I put batteries inside.

After placing batteries inside, it seems like all the electronic applications like the red END light indicator for finished reels works as well as the zoom.
Sadly, the trigger to activate the film motor doesn't appear to work.

Is there anything I can do to test the machine to get the motor working or is there a way to fix it?

Thank you all for any feedback!

Lincoln

[Lincoln Thorn]

There was a lot of battery acid build-up in the handles battery compartment I had to clean before the batteries would start the zoom function. I wonder if that might be a reason?

[Shane C. Collins]

I bought one of these cameras last year, and had the same issues. The battery compartment was extremely corroded. I tried cleaning it the best I could, but never got the motor or the auto exposure to work. I had planned to shoot some current Ektachrome color reversal but never got the chance. I've since moved onto better cameras that work perfectly.

[Lincoln Thorn]

Sorry to resurrect my old thread, but I was able to completely rebuild this film camera and get it working in perfect order! I’m not the most mechanically minded person, so I’m feeling super proud that I was able to fix all the gear problems and now have a working camera. A few bucks and a lot of tinkering has me now buying S8 film and making movies all the time this past year.

just wanted to share with all my friends!

[Shane C. Collins]

Sorry to resurrect my old thread, but I was able to completely rebuild this film camera and get it working in perfect order! I’m not the most mechanically minded person, so I’m feeling super proud that I was able to fix all the gear problems and now have a working camera. A few bucks and a lot of tinkering has me now buying S8 film and making movies all the time this past year.

just wanted to share with all my friends!

Very good Lincoln, happy to hear you got this camera working again! What film stock did you use?

[Lincoln Thorn]

Mostly shooting with KODAK Vision3 500/200T S8 stock!

[Zach Callaway]

Hey Lincoln! I joined this group because I came across your thread. I am in a similar situation. Do you recall what you had to do to get your Yashica up and running?

My servo zoom and light meter work. The motor just doesn't budge when I pull the trigger.

[Lincoln Thorn]

Hey Lincoln! I joined this group because I came across your thread. I am in a similar situation. Do you recall what you had to do to get your Yashica up and running?

My servo zoom and light meter work. The motor just doesn't budge when I pull the trigger.

Hi Zach!

So, it was mostly blind guess work on my part, but what I did was remove the two screws on the film gate inside the film door and try to line up the gears until they caught. I put batteries in the camera and would press the trigger to see if you get any movement.

I hope this helps a little!

Lincoln