Help, my Yashica Mat-124g stopped winding!

[Brackett]

Hi everyone,

I recently picked up my Yashica after a brief hiatus of about a month, and to my dismay, the shutter button would stick down and I could no longer advance the winding lever. The last time I had used this camera was knee-deep in snow in Yosemite, and I did notice the shutter button to be a bit sticky then, but it was still functional at the time. I have recorded some footage of the internals and posted it as a youtube video. I will post the link here.



Any help would be greatly appreciated. I want to further understand this camera, and even if I don't end up fixing it, I want to learn about repairs. Thank you.

 

[dxqcanada]

This link to Learn Camera Repair
If the shutter button does no rise then it is probably the shutter release mechanism that is stuck ... which you will need to get to from the front.