{"id":2684,"date":"2025-08-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2025-08-07T10:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:57:40","slug":"arri-bl2-mags-final-details-complete-on-the-arri-35-bl-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/08\/arri-bl2-mags-final-details-complete-on-the-arri-35-bl-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Arri BL2 Mags &#8211; Final Details Complete on the ARRI 35 BL 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At long last, the final repairs on the ARRI 35 BL 2 are complete! As anyone who has taken the motor cover off any of the 35 BL cameras knows, the gasket that goes between the motor housing and the camera body always disintegrates when it is taken apart. To replace it, I made a pattern and cut out a new gasket to complete that part of the repair. I just chose to use gasket material I had in house and that turned out just fine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arri-bl-2-mag-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A series of 3 images of the process of replacing the motor housing gasket on an ARRI 35 BL 2, and a series of 3 images of the finished ARRI 35 BL 2 camera with its set of 3 Cook Speed Panchro lenses.\" class=\"wp-image-2683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arri-bl-2-mag-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arri-bl-2-mag-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arri-bl-2-mag-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arri-bl-2-mag-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arri-bl-2-mag-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The next issue came up when I ran the camera with the 400\u2019 magazine. The magazine ran fine and was reasonably quiet, but all the insulating material that supports the inner workings to the magazine housing had either disintegrated or was compromised. I ordered some insulating foam similar to what was used in the original, made a pattern, cut out 2 replacement pieces, punched the appropriate holes in them, and reassembled the magazine. Other than a slight squeak from one of the bearings on the feed side, this solved the problem. Once the bearing was washed out and re-greased, everything is now working well and as quietly as a BL ever was. The 1000\u2019 magazine ran fine without any need for repair. Just thought you\u2019d like to see this final step in the repair process. I\u2019m happy to say that the camera is now ready and available for sale along with a set of 3 Cooke Speed Panchro lenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arri-bl-2-mag-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A series of six images of the process of repairing the 400\u2019 magazine for an ARRI BL2 camera.\" class=\"wp-image-2682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arri-bl-2-mag-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arri-bl-2-mag-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arri-bl-2-mag-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arri-bl-2-mag-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arri-bl-2-mag-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At long last, the final repairs on the ARRI 35 BL 2 are complete! As anyone who has taken the motor cover off any of the 35 BL cameras knows, the gasket that goes between the motor housing and the camera body always disintegrates when it is taken apart. To replace it, I made a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,77],"tags":[33,85,231,15],"class_list":["post-2684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cameras","category-restoration","tag-35mm","tag-arri","tag-arri-35-bl-2","tag-arriflex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2685,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions\/2685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}