The "tick" not the "tink".

Gary

 

Who said I was intimidated ??
I didn't feel like screwing with it myself and with 63 clock cores going in the $500 and up range I thought I would spend the $50 (over and above the parts) to have a pro do it.

I also don't rebuild starters or alternators myself, nor install convertible tops, nor rebuild transmissions. I've made no secrets of it...

 

Spin it however you like, to make yourself feel better. The fact is - as others have posted - its not a difficult or complex job.

If you want to pay someone else to do it that's your privilege. If others rebuild it themselves that is theirs as well.

The point is that there is no need to try to scare others away from doing it themselves simply because you chose not to.

 

Why not do it yourself.. it's easy and simple and way cheaper. here is a video I did on the C3 clock and the job is pretty much the same for the C2 cars. The quartz kits come with instructions on how to do the conversion.

http://repairs.willcoxcorvette.com/1...-installation/

 

Well I certainly apologize if I scared you...I'll try to talk about gentle summer rains and pretty autumn sunrises more often...

Is this OK ?

 

No problem, Frankie - I rebuilt my clock 20 years ago, long before you were even into Corvettes.

Really, its waaaay past time for you to get over the supposed complexity of this task. Even suppliers are now posting up to say its easy.

I prefer full size Alaskan Huskies next time you are Googling dog pictures.

 

All I'm saying is if you are doing-it-yourself on a 63 clock proceed at your own risk...there are no repros... Ding up the chrome bezel, screw up a pointer, mess up the housing breaking it open, and, you'll find out parts for these do not grow on trees...

I get PM/emails all the time from people that started out on seemingly simply tasks and messed something up irretrievably. Drum brakes are a favorite...simple right ?

If you're OK with that forge ahead...

 

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay past time to let it go.

I guess you missed the OP's response that his is a '65. Focus, Frankie, focus.


Look, Frankie - this thread is about the OP's 65 clock. I am speaking from my experience with my 67, which is essentially the same as a 65.

You jump in and want to lecture about the unique issues on a 63 clock. I'm not here to debate that topic, as I have no experience with 63 clocks and frankly don't GAS one way or the other. We shouldn't discourage someone from working on a 65 clock because of what you perceive to be issues unique to the 63.

Perhaps you just need to start a separate thread about 63 clocks to share your expertise on that topic.

 

You might want to give Jerry at The Clock Works a call. He will tell you if he can fix it or not. Just got my '57 clock back from him and it works like new.

Just sayin'

Dennis

 

What is so different converting a 1963 clock to any other C-2 clock to a quartz movement?

 

I think it must have something to do with a "split window".........

 

Can't win, Frankie. The experts have chimed in. Watch your PM's for the group that admits "You told me so."

 

One year only, rare parts - not complicated at all...

Reminds me of the guy that buffed out the scratches on his 63 shifter console, simple right ? and it went Soooo well...

There is no 'winning' IMO, I come on here to learn and give my slant on things, and share some experiences...which includes warning about potential trouble spots on a task. So that makes me lacking in self confidence and trying to scare others.

I'm trying to assuage others' fears and be "... a thousand points of light" by putting calming artwork in my posts for those I've frightened.

 

Jerry put an OEM Borg mechanical movement in my 63 clock for NCRS judging in about a week for $150.

 

Some folks have a very high opinion of themslelves - to the point where they think they could actually talk someone else out of doing a simple task. They might do well to seek a second career as an interior decorator selecting art work for psych wards tho, if a simple clock rebuild is beyond their level of self confidence.

Several other folks who have actually done the job have posted up that it can easily be done, yet one self professed "expert" who hasn't even attempted it is supposedly more knowledgeable than those who have?

Sounds like a "thousand points of B S" to me - IMHO, of course.

Since inspirational pictures are apparently thought to be helpful in this thread, here's a couple that may help to motivate. Just go to your safe space and chant "I think I can, I think I can".

 

Not trying to be argumentative but are you saying that the quartz movement will not work in a 63 clock? Or that it is more difficult to do the conversion on a 63 versus 64-67 clocks? I thought that the original movements in 63-67 clocks were the same. One other question, are the hands on a 63 different than on a 64? They appear to be the same.

 

Not really! I've been listening to mine tick and "tink" for 50 years and knew what it was the first day I got my Vette.
It's the original clock, never rebuilt (just cleaned the points about a decade ago) and its still ticking and rewinding perfectly, so cool!

 

My '64 still works perfectly (never rebuilt other than paint and regluing the hand back on) and tinks too.

When I got the car (~'84), I figured it was the clock after a short while, but had no idea why it made the sound, which I found out years later.

 

Instructions that came with mine (many years ago).

 

Got interested in clocks after purchasing my '67 and noticing that although the second hand swept, the hour and minute hand were stationary. A friend steered me to a site called Instrument Services, Inc. (https://www.clocksandgauges.com/corvette-clocks.html) where I purchased a quartz movement. It was inexpensive and came with a DVD which gave precise step by step directions (included in the price of the movement). Anyone with a few basic tools and a bit of nerve can swap out this movement as it's not rocket science. Just take your time and be deliberate. As it was, I took the clock out and made some repairs to the quartz movement that was in the car. It's still working and I have the replacement movement as a reserve. In the meantime I acquired an original mechanical movement clock at a swap meet for $200 (I knew the vendor). After taking it apart, it needed very little to get it functioning correctly. Even mechanical clocks aren't hard to understand once you get a look at them. I will eventually swap the mechanical for the quartz clock that is currently in the car. If I remember correctly, Instrument Services also have mechanical clocks and the 63-64 hands (not sure about the hands, but I know someone has them).
As an aside, I find it interesting that an individual on this forum who has been a member for roughly 9 1/2+ years and has posted 34,500+ times, would actually have any time to work on a car. It works out to almost 10 posts a day, every day (365 days a year) for 9+ years. It would seem to me that you would have to almost be living on the net. Simply amazing.
Steve