Panasonic DMC-FZ70 Operation Unit Replacement

Using your screwdriver, unscrew the two 5.0 mm Philips screws to the right of the LCD screen.

Flip the camera over to the left side of the screen and unscrew the 5mm Phillips screw found there.

Turn the camera upside down and unscrew the three 5mm screws found on the bottom.

On the top of the camera locate the two rails with a thin sheet of metal on the floor between them.

With a metal spudger, lift this sheet and push it out of the rail device to detach it from the camera.

Proceed to remove the four 5mm Phillips screws that you just uncovered.

Slowly pull on both side of the camera, until both halves begin to separate from each other.

Using a plastic opening tool, carefully flip up the small black levers that attach the ribbon cables to the ZIF connectors on the motherboard.

Carefully pull the ribbon cables out of the slot once they have been released.

Using a Torx driver, unscrew the two 5mm Phillipd screws on the motherboard

The five ribbon cables shown will need to be removed from the ZIF connectors. Using a plastic opening tool, unlock the cables by lifting the black strip on the rectangular connection socket.

Carefully pull each of the ribbon cables out of their sockets.

Once the screws and the ribbon cables have been removed, lift the mother board from its slot.

Unscrew one 10mm Phillips screw to the right and underneath the viewfinder.

Using a plastic opening tool, flip up the switch on the ZIF connector underneath the operations unit and pull the ribbon out of the motherboard.

Slide out and replace the operation unit.