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Hi Peter, occasionally the threading mechanism may be faulty but usually it's down to nothing more than dodgy leader. It may be the leader has shrunk if it's very old and needs replacing but the first thing to check is make sure you are using the onboard film trimmer to trim the end of the leader. The other reason it may be intermediately chewing film is down to the curl of the leader. If the film is on 200ft (5" dia.) reels or the little 50ft (3" dia.) reels, this causes the leader to curve too much, ideally you want a nice gentle curve to the leader. Hope this helps, Rik.

@@theoldfilmcompany Many, thanks and I'll look into what you suggested. I did wonder about buying some white leader to splice onto the films but a) I'm not sure you can still buy that and b) I don't think I have my dad's old splicing machine.

@@petekirby9493 I stock various leader, Splicers and the required tapes. But before forking out any money check the ends of all the leader has been correctly trimmed using the onboard trimmer and make sure the leader only has a gentle curve.

@@theoldfilmcompany I have used the onboard trimmer so don't think it's that. Will have another look though. The film threads through and past the bulb part but then goes off course just below that. So maybe it's an issue with the projector rather than the films.

@@petekirby9493 Hi Peter, It sounds more like the leader has too tight of a curve. Carefully roll up the leader in the other direction then let go and it should have deduced the curve then try again. If this doesn't fix it then sadly the projector is probably faulty.

Unfortunately this information is not in my database for this particular model and I haven't got one in stock to check.

Hi, if you can hear the motor turning but the take-up reel isn't it's probably just the drive belts require replacing. If you make sure the projector is unplugged from the mains electricity then take the back off the projector you should see two drive belts. A smaller one which is called the Motor Drive Belt and the larger Upper Take-Up Belt. Either these have perished or they have stretched and need replacing.

Sorry I haven't for this particular model.

Yes, I agree that would be the logical way of doing it, but the manual says to start it first then press the handle down and lock it into place which make no sense really. I tried both ways, but the end results were the same it still struggled after approx. 200ft of film. I tried a new arm belt both spring and Nitrile when I stripped the projector down for restoration but didn't solve the issue unfortunately.

Or try a little smaller belt.

It's repackaged Kodak Ektachrome E160 Type A from the later improved batch complete with our own unique processing formula. Unfortunetly we have now sold out.