jfp1

I recently repaired the clock in my '65 coupe using some helpful information I found on the forum. The clock is back in the car and running fine but gains 11 minutes in a 24 hour period. I have tried to slow it down using the method described in the owner's handbook of resetting the clock in a counter-clockwise direction but have been unable to get it any better. I'm picking that the accuracy of the clock would have been better than that originally and wondered if any-one could give me any suggestions to slow it down a bit. The clock is probably that excited to be running again it can't help itself. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John.

0Willcox Corvette

Turning the clock backwards 12 hours at a time will only slow the clock down slightly. Keep trying and you should be able to get it closer. You need to go a full 12 hours to get any results, but you shoudl be able to do this over. . . Time.

Willcox

KC John

John, do you have a link to that info?

Nev Williams

I have the exact opposite problem. After getting the clock going again it loses about 10 min a day.
Does the reverse logic work - Turning clock forward 12 hrs??

jfp1

Hi all, thanks for the info so far. At least I'm on the right track. Yes, according to the owner's manual, winding it clockwise should speed it up. I'm picking it takes a lot of winding as I have turned mine backwards quite a lot already.

The link to the info I used is: http://www.vettenet.org/midyrclock.html

It's fairly brief but explains what you need to know.

Cheers, John

Mossy66

My clock is running slow also. I've had our car for about a year and a half. During that time the clock has advanced about 45 min.total. How many 12 hour segments do I have to turn it forward to get it close?
Time to get it fixed.


Gerry

beto

There is an adjusting lever inside the clock. It took me forever to get it adjusted as every time I moved the lever I had to run the clock 24h to see if it was correct. Too much to one side or the other and it would be a few minutes fast or slow. The lever adjusts the tension on the spring that controls the pendulum. I did not take any pictures though.

0Willcox Corvette

Beto is correct, if you have the clock apart, you can adjust the speed with this lever. If the car is in the clock about the only way I know is to take it in 12 hour increments. Yes, this works both ways too!

Willcox Inc.

dkjfdx

Last winter my clock didn't work at all. I took it apart, cleaned everything using both 3-and-1 oil and WD-40. There is a small lever in the mechanism that tightens or loosens the second hand mainspring. You can adjust this spring lever by taking the back cover of the clock off and sliding it (max distance about 3/8").

Last winter, while sitting in a cold garage, the clock was dead-on accurate after I rebuilt it. This summer, the clock started running fast (nearly an hour every 2 days) and I expect that was due to some small expansion of the spring. After taking the clock out, adjusting the lever and reinstalling 3 times, I'm now 2 minutes slow in a week, which I can live with. I'm curious now to see what happens when it gets cold again.

It can be done - it just takes patience.

By the way, I also found you can avoid removing the back cover to access the lever by sliding it with a small screwdriver through the lightbulb hole nearest the "8" on the dial.

Nowhere Man

you know this is the first time I heard a classic vette owner complain about there clock. everybody I know has a battery turn off switch. and never worries about resetting the clock all the time and they also wear a watch