Fixer Upper!

I found out that my shutter is sticking because my camera's gears are made out of plastic on the inside, so it's causeing problems with the shutter speed creating overexposed/fuzzy/blurry photos, it also creates a problem with winding the film back up. I'll be sending my camera in to this guy that lives somewhere in Illinois not quite sure where exactly and he's going to open her up and reset everything and make her like new again! I'll get her back in about a week and a half. Still thinking about getting a light meter though, it would make everything so much easier...I like the Sekonic L-308s I got from Nate but its 185-233$ depending where I go... Any ideas?