Introduction
This guide shows you how to completely disassemble your camera.
Tools
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Open the flash/lens compartment of the Polaroid camera to a 30 degree angle with the horizontal.
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To remove the back of the camera, you have to find the tabs located near the hinges of the battery and film compartment.
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Using a screw driver, pry the tabs of the outer case away from the metal frame.
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Once the tabs are removed slide the metal frame forward.
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Using a spudger, pop the battery and film cartridge hatch from its hinges.
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The tabs are located at the bottom of the metal frame.
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Remove the sight by lifting it straight up.
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Follow the red wire from the flash compartment
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Take the red wire off of the 2 hooks
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Slide the uncovered wire end out of the small brass clip. Move wire away from camera.
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Follow the black wire from flash bulb to the back of the case.
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When you find the brass tab, pull it up. When the tab is free, remove the tab from the black wire.
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Follow the metal band from the flash compartment to the brass tab.
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Unhook the wire on the left of the brass tab.
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Remove the metal band from behind the brass clip.
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Set the now detached flash compartment to the side.
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Pull the brass tab up and out like the first one and remove the uncovered wire.
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Slide the brightness adjuster to right and off the camera.
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Use the pointed end of the spudger to lift a small latch located next to the bottom of lenz plate
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Then find the small latch located below the plastic bridge that is over the shutter mechanism
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Using the pointed end of the spudger, pull the band wire out of the electric motor.
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In the same manner as above, remove the band wire from the plastic extension.
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Rotate the lens plate up to unhook the plat from two tabs located at the top of the plate.
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Remove the lens plate, flash compartment and wires from the camera.
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Follow the uncovered wire around the side of the camera
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Remove the metal spring tab next to the counter
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Remove the brass tab by lifting the top piece over the notch and sliding back.
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Locate the small brass tab with the uncovered wire running through it.
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Remove the wire by sliding under the hooks.
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then unhook the uncovered wire from the the final latch located on the top of the plastic extension.
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The top of the pyramid has cover that can be lifted off
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Below is the mirror which is held in by a tab.
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Lift the tab with the spudger and pop out the mirror.
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There are 4 tabs total that must be removed for the next step
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The first is directly under the spring mounted at the back left of the camera
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The next is located on the front of the plastic extension
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The third tab is used to connect the metal frame to the outer plastic
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The final tab is located below the backside of the photo-counter dial.
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Once all four tabs are removed the plate pulls out from the slot in the rear.
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Lift the large gear away from its pin
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Carefully lift the "Y" shaped plastic piece from its pin and pull the spring from the pin as it is removed.
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Remove the Spring attached to the photo-counter dial.
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Lift the photo-counter Dial off of its pin.
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Remove the metal gear from the gear set.
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Pull the "L" shaped black plastic piece off of its pin.
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There are four gears to remove.
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The gear on the left goes first, followed by the the right.
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The right gear has a small leaf spring between it and the gear below it.
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Then remove the black gear and then the last white gear.
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Using the pointed end of the spudger, press the clip that is beneath all the gears next to the electric motor gear.
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Lift the plastic box containing several long metal tabs
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Then slide the box out.
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Remove the spring located in the middle of the plastic mechanism.
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Remove the two loose plastic pieces.
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With the point of the spudger, remove the band wire from the solenoid.
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Remove the small LED from its clip, and then lift the flat wire array and the flash compartment away from the back of the lens plate.
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Remove the lens by pressing the tab.
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Remove the back of the lens plate by unhooking the three clips that hold it together.
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Remove the spring on the plastic bridge that attaches to the shutter mechanism
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Remove the Shutter mechanism from the back of the lens plate.
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Remove the Clear dial by unhooking the tab at the bottom of the dial
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Lift the light blue piece out of the mechanism.
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Lift the black piece out of the plastic plate.
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10 comments
Is it possible to remove and change the camera straps for this camera?
Yes, after step 8 you will have the back case free then in the inside you will see the latches of the plastic plate that holds the strap, pry them carefully are 6, 2 on each side and 2 in the middle, in the middle of doing it myself have stopped since was no need for that so cannot tell you more.
Show me how to teardown the flash plz
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RAW Fish: Get a terminal driver or other thin device, and wedge it where you can see a line between the outer casing and front panel (where it says “Polaroid” with the rainbow logo). This will need a bit of brute force, but you will be able to seperate a right-angle of outer casing, from the back of the flash, and another right angled bit full of electrics and the front panel. DO NOT touch any of this electrical gubbins - discharging the capacitor through your fingers will HURT. From here you can take out the circuit board and do with it what you wish.
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