Louis Justin

Thanks for the help, I finally got the thing working!

The only thing is, I don't know how to get sandpaper down into the chamber...the spring that is rusted is all the way down inside the handle.

Ok, thank you all for the replies. Does anyone know how to disassemble the battery chamber? I tried sticking some steel-wool on a pencil and rubbing it against the contact but it was just too far down there...I looked online and I could not find any disagram about how to disassemble the camera. I read previously someone drilled holes and had to solder...I would like to avoid that and just try to clean it, if that does not work I will just return the camera and get my money back then go look for a new one!

I have just purchased a Canon 814 Electric Super 8 camera. When I put in batteries and hit the check meter, nothing happens. As what happens when I squeeze the trigger. After further inspection of the camera, I noticed that on the -(negitive) battery chamber has a bit of rust around the spring. This I am guessing is preventing current from the batteries to reach the camera. Is the camera basically destroyed, or is there anyway I could fix this? Thanks in advance!