Please, do not stop making these videos. I cannot survive without people like you.

9 years on and it's still helping. After 4 other videos, this is the one that helped me free the mirror on my ME. Thank you so much!

I'm not sure it was this specifically, but taking the mechanism out and putting it back in certainly helped. Thanks! You saved my ass on that one.

Thank you so much for this very helpful and comprehensive video. It helped me bring my Father's old Me super back to life and saved me $150 in repair fees. Cant thank you enough for the help!

I just bought a used ME Super today with a 50mm, a cool strap, a bunch of lenses, cool camera bag, working flash, but with this issue for $40.

I had the issue where my winder was not cocking the shutter, and shortly after this and winding the shutter and trying to fire it a few times, the shutter started to work more and more until it worked perfectly! And this is an ancient ME Super I found in a bric-a-brac shop for £5!!

Excellent instruction from someone who knows the Pentax me super. Much appreciated.

The mirror/lens mount box was removed only to better show the position of the lever that needs to be addressed. If the oil is applied without exercising the lever the oil will not penetrate as readily. If the oil left to migrate as it will it might still eventually free the lever to function as it should.

This seems to have fixed the issue for me where i could wind the shutter fine every time, but quite often the shutter would not fire after winding. Thanks for the guidance!

Excellent. Thank you very much. It took a while of looking to finally whihc component the latch was. I still couldn't see exactly what to move, so gave a good but not excessive quirt of light oil and then gingerly moved the only tab I could see with a very thin bladed screwdriver. Perfect repair.

Yeah! Another one Pentax MG is alive! Thanks for great video, it took some time to make this lever moving but finally it works:)

First of all, thank you very much for the video. It is really informative and well done, the best explanation I have found until now about accesing the winding mechanism.

i literally subscribed to your channel just because I knew that one day you would post this vid. lol i have waited for months.

Thank you so much for this video! You saved my Pentax! Good job!

I just bought one in a market. There was film in it and someone had tried to force wind on after all the film was exposed, dislocating the winding / shutter cocking mechanism. I will be trying to fix it as above so thanks for the info. I have my own ME Super since 1981. A great little film camera to learn on. I bought the broken one solely for its pristine 50mm f1.7 lens - the original kit lens and a truly excellent optic with PK mount which I use on my Sony mirrorless bodies in fully Manual mode.

Oh, I am so much sharing this link on every Pentax page I am subscribed to. I have similar issues with a Pentax P3, and P30 and a clean Pentax MG I found for $13.00. I hope this is the same fix for all three.

Thank you so much! This has been super helpful! My ME Super's shutter works again!

Thanks for the video! A bit oil and back and force: problem nearly solved. Indeed that lever slipped off by playing around but has been easy to click in again .. because of your video. Superb!

Excellent video. worked like charm. My stuck ME Super was fixed. However it was not easy to find the latch. And also putting back the levers in order the winding mechanism to work properly was a major pita.

Worked for me; thank You so much and keep up the good work !!