Depening on how you look at it, these Polaroid 600 cameras are either a wonder of great design, or a right pain in the arse. The are assembled without any screws whatsoever! Getting inside one was a bit of a challenge. Apologies for the dreadful photos, but hopefully this will help anyone who has the unfortunate need to get inside one of the "rounded" Polaroid 600 series cameras for some cleaning/surgery. I have no idea how much, if any of this applies to other Polaroid models

Step 1.
This is probably the worst bit! Open the front of the camera and pull of the rectangular lens surround. I didn't really find a good way to do this as it's tricky to reach the tab points to prise it out. The only way seems to be to place your fingers at the top, grip as best you can and pull until the front plate comes off. Not very elegant, but effective.

The viewfinder lens will probably drop out, so don't loose it!

STEP 2
Open the film door. Undo the velcro on the strap. Grasp each side of the cover that extends forward under the lens, and pull at each side until the tabs release themselves ( again, this requires reasonable force)

Draw out the front section

STEP3
Use a flat blade screwdriver to disengage the inner lens plate in the position shown on each side of the camera. This will allow the inner surround plate to be pulled forward...

...Release the pop up flash arms and remove the inner lens surround

STEP 4
Carefully remove the shutter button mechansim and spring.  Keep these parts together so that they can be slotted back in together during reassembly


STEP 5
Unhook the hinge between the flash unit and the camera body. Take care not to stress the ribbons, these are noew all that connects the flash to the main body of the camera.

STEP 6
Time for some more brute force.  Place your hand inside the camera (i.e where the film goes in) and upwards inside the camers taking a firm grasp of the camera's internals.  Pull and wiggle outwards, eventually, the tabs will pop from their positions and the entire mechanism can be withdrawn from the case.

And that's it, one heap of polaroid camera bits.   Fixing anything from here on is up to you! It might be time to go to ebay and search for "Polaroid 600 camera - full working condition"

REASSEMBLY
Reassembly is pretty much the reverse process. Drop the camera internals into the body first, but don't worry too much about clicking everything back into position. Put the upper film cover plate in position, then put the back of the camera on a firm, soft surface (e.g. a carpeted floor) and push down on the front cover. Everything should click back into place, so that there is no gap between the front cover plate and the main body