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Thanks for the ideas joe and peter. I had wondered what exactly the purpose of the plate was, I'll see if I can adjust that to achieve any success. I think I'll try replacing the spring for the pawl with something a little stronger to stop it from slipping so easily. The spring in place looks a bit mangled. I'm not sure if applying some extra lubrication on some of mechanisms might help too. I'll report back on progress (if any...).

Oh really, seems like you did a good job fixing the pawl though. After re-assembling the winding mechanism I found that somehow the pawl had stopped slipping as much and I did manage to get it to cock and fire once. After that though it started slipping again. It's frustrating that this tiny part is the only problem with an other wise functional winding mechanism (from how it seems). I can get the pawl to engage and wind on with a little bit of assistance by applying a bit of pressure onto the pawl so it stops slipping. I wonder if a stronger spring attached to the pawl would stop the slipping problem.

Thanks for these pictures Peter, I understand what you were saying now. I've taken off the mechanism to get to the pawl and I can see the Achilles heel now, the pawl just slips when trying to engage with the gear. Check the picture below for the condition of the pawl, I can't see exactly where damage has been caused but it does seem really small. The only other thing I can see is that my spring is attached differently to yours, I don't know if that's significant? But I suppose there's not much that can be done without fixing the pawl as you have...

That would be really helpful thanks peter! Right I see, I have also looked at that smaller gear as you mention and again I don't see any damage to it, the gear just doesn't engage with anything. Is the pawl that you mention the one that is attached to the very bottom gear? When winding the small gear rotates and the pawl arm attached to the lower gear clicks as the gear rotates. I'm kind of stuck at this point as I don't want to start dismantling the top of that mechanism further but I can't really figure anything else from what I can see.

I'm also having problems with the super 66 which I have acquired although I think my problem is different to those I've seen so far... So at the moment I cannot remove the lens or the back and the mirror is in the up position. The lens is also not cocked. However, when trying to wind on in order to cock both the lens and the body, the winder just turns freely without much resistance. I've taken the panel of the side to look inside the mechanism to see if I could figure out the issue. I can't see any obvious damage to any of the gears that some people have stated before. The only parts that move is the gear mechanism connecting to the film back that winds the film. The lower gears that are connected to the winder shaft don't engage which from my tinkering seems to be the part that drives the cocking mechanism. While turning there is what looks like a pawl mechanism (might not be a pawl...) attached to the bottom gear which clicks when turning. I'm not sure if the problem I'm having is that the cocking mechanism has become de-synchronized? The two gears I have highlighted below is where I think the problem is. The gear pointed to on the right simply doesn't turn when attempting to wind on and I feel like it should on order to drive the gear on the left. Any help would be greatly appreciated!