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Faulty Clock?

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 10:34 pm
by gooders
The clock on my car intermittently stops working, can anyone advise on what the best next steps would be?

Thanks Paul

Re: Faulty Clock?

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 9:36 am
by neilbardsley
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

Re: Faulty Clock?

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 9:41 am
by 210bhp
Read the excellent self repair thread on here by johnM.

Regards
Mike

Re: Faulty Clock?

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:23 am
by Ashley James
Or send it to John Ostick he's a lovely bloke and very fast. Google JDO Instrument repair.

Re: Faulty Clock?

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:06 pm
by Bathtub57
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!

Re: Faulty Clock?

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:15 pm
by MikeB
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.

Re: Faulty Clock?

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:10 pm
by 210bhp
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.

Regards
Mike

Re: Faulty Clock?

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 1:20 am
by gooders
Ashley James wrote:Or send it to John Ostick he's a lovely bloke and very fast. Google JDO Instrument repair.
Fantastic I'll give John a go, price seems reasonable and its a job I didn't fancy tackling.

Thanks Paul

Re: Faulty Clock?

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:54 am
by slipslide
John did mine. Great work quick and reliable.