PSA: My Canon AE-1 shutter finally locked up at a wedding shoot

I was shooting a friend's wedding last Saturday as a favor, and right in the middle of the ceremony my Canon AE-1 just stopped. The mirror locked up halfway and the shutter wouldn't fire at all. I had a backup body luckily, but it got me thinking about how these old cameras just give out at the worst times. When I got home I took the bottom plate off and found the magnet release had a bunch of old sticky grease on it. A tiny drop of lighter fluid and some careful cleaning got it working again, but it took me about an hour. Has anyone else had a similar failure with the AE-1 at a bad moment?

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