Faulty Clock?
Faulty Clock?
The clock on my car intermittently stops working, can anyone advise on what the best next steps would be?
Thanks Paul
Thanks Paul
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Re: Faulty Clock?
My has never worked. Seeing that I disconnect the battery every time it is parked I haven't bother fixing it but if you do a search on here there is someone that will fix it for you. I don't think it is cheap
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Re: Faulty Clock?
Read the excellent self repair thread on here by johnM.
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Mike
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Mike
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Re: Faulty Clock?
Or send it to John Ostick he's a lovely bloke and very fast. Google JDO Instrument repair.
Re: Faulty Clock?
Mine works whilst driving then stops an hour or so after it's parked up.
I found johnM's thread here viewtopic.php?f=27&t=30655&hilit=clock
I can envisage the way things would go if I attempted to take my clock apart!
I found johnM's thread here viewtopic.php?f=27&t=30655&hilit=clock
I can envisage the way things would go if I attempted to take my clock apart!
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Re: Faulty Clock?
The clock is an electro-mechanical system. A common fault is the small set of points inside the clock, they make an electrical connection, which causes one of the points arms to spring back and wind the mechanical mechanism. On two clocks I found that cleaning the two contact pads of the points with fine emery paper was sufficient to get them going again. The hard bit is carefully prising open the bezel rim that is crimped onto the main body of the clock.
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Re: Faulty Clock?
Ashley James wrote:Or send it to John Ostick he's a lovely bloke and very fast. Google JDO Instrument repair.
Or send it to JohnM. He's a lovely bloke too and a ddker.
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73 RS (Sold)
67 S
Mint T (Sold)
996 Turbo (Sold)
73 2.4E (home after 25 years) and Sold again
73T targa (signal yellow project)
1953 Vauxhall Velox
914/6
1963 356B
https://www.mybespokeroom.com/
73 RS (Sold)
67 S
Mint T (Sold)
996 Turbo (Sold)
73 2.4E (home after 25 years) and Sold again
73T targa (signal yellow project)
1953 Vauxhall Velox
914/6
1963 356B
https://www.mybespokeroom.com/
Re: Faulty Clock?
Fantastic I'll give John a go, price seems reasonable and its a job I didn't fancy tackling.Ashley James wrote:Or send it to John Ostick he's a lovely bloke and very fast. Google JDO Instrument repair.
Thanks Paul
1967 RHD 912/911T
Re: Faulty Clock?
John did mine. Great work quick and reliable.
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1967 beetle
1960 356B RHD
8ft 6 Phil Edwards
1967 beetle
1960 356B RHD
8ft 6 Phil Edwards