Polaroid 100 Series Repair Manual page 43

POLAROID 101
Flash problem
Flash attachment may be inoperative even though it
can be tired by shorting out the tip contacts. The cau~
may be dead and
lor
corroded camera operating battery •
Flash will not work unless there is power on the shutter.
Also. the small angular metal piece next to the PC tip
on the flash unit plays a major role in flaSh operation.
This part moves a ~all spring-loaded leve~inwards into
tria shutter which moves the perforated mask trom behind
the electric-eye lens allowing more light to reach the
cell.