All it needed was 3-in-One !

A fellow Camera Club member sent all his gear, PENTAX 6x7, 35mm and Olympus to Ffordes of Scotland to sell for him -- well, he had a body returned as 'Un-useable' so he asked me to 'give it a Good Home' -- it was a 1970's KX. He said Ffordes had told him the lens aperture ring thingy inside the mount was not working -- well, I had a look and compared it with my other PENTAXES , how it worked, and it is on a spring thing -- so I got a bit of fuse wire and touched it into some 3-in-One oil and touched it into the ring and pushed gently and it MOVED and has been working ever since !! Here is my free KX body -----

Well done. It looks like it's in very good condition, even appears to have a new mirror bumper.

Yes, almost 'mint' condition inside !

I do like her

Aah, 3 in 1, always in my toolbox. My last tin was bought in a traditional hardware store in Portumna, Co. Galway.

(Good looking camera btw.)

Nice story! You think Ffordes would have seen the same solution (or maybe not!)

Yes-- and I am no 'Camera Repair Mechanic ' ( can't even put up a shelf in my darkroom ! )