Minolta XK Acting Cranky: Shutter Speeds and Mirror

Hello everybody, I am having trouble with the shutter speeds on a Minolta XK. When I first bought it, the mirror would always lock up. After buying fresh batteries, the AE meter began working. Also, the mirror quit locking up each time, but will still do so every several exposures.

 

After somewhat fixing the mirror issue, I noticed that all shutter speeds were the same, around 1/125 for every setting from "bulb" to 1/1000. Wanting to find a solution, I removed the top right cover around the film advance and used a little bit of Ronsonol to try and clean the contacts on the shutter speed knob. Now, bulb setting works fine. However, all other shutter speeds sound like they're still in the 1/125 range. In addition, the mirror will still lock up every several exposures.

 

Does anyone here have any experience with repairing these kinds of issues on the XK? It's a really nice looking camera, especially with the AE finder on top. I have some decent lenses to throw on it, so playing around with it would be fun.

Sounds familiar. I had one a few years ago with similar problems.Sent if for a CLA only to have it returned with the metered prism bent and buckled! I do have a copy of the repair manual as a pdf however, so pm me if you would like it.

Could well be bad capacitors in the circuit board controlling the electronic shutter.