Kodak Advantix C400 Teardown

ID: 219398

Description: This is a teardown on a nonfunctional Kodak...

Steps:

1. Removing exterior screws. (All the same size)
2. with the camera facing you, there are:
3. two on the bottom
4. one on the left
5. two on the right

6. Flip open lens cover
7. Open battery door
8. pry off front cover starting at the bottom, there are only two locking tabs at the top to be mindful of.

9. Gently pry top cover forwards towards lens face
10. watch for side tabs holding in the top
11. Be careful for viewfinder cover as the guide-pins are brittle and can snap off if forcing top off
12. Here is where you can remove/ replace the top slider as it clips in on the back

13. Close the cover
14. There are four screws, two on either side of the camera holding on the lens cover, remove them.
15. Two on the front
16. two on the top
17. Unhook the springs putting tension on the cover
18. The left can be unhooked from the cover itself
19. The right remains on the cover and unhooks from the body
20. The wires are not removable unless desoldered, or cut

21. Remove top three screws securing the rear cover
22. (with the rear facing you) begin prying it off starting with the left side (side opposite film lever)
23. If you have a stuck film door with film inside you can begin opening it after this step.

24. There is a small gear holding closed the lever, switch it out the way with a set of tweezers
25. Pull the lever mechanism and the film door will open
26. if necessary you can either rewind the film back into itself using a #4 flathead or by winding the gears up top in the appropriate direction