Fixed my clock!
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From: Parlin NJ
Fixed my clock!
Well I figured I would follow http://www.pcfred.com/Vettetip/FixC3Clock.htm and try to fix my clock. It worked while I had the clock all apart, but once back together it wouldn't work.
So pulled it apart again, and cleaned up the grounding ring and the metal housing where it touches, and now it works perfect! had it running on the bench for 2 days without having to adjust it.
1 item off the list, now on to the rest of the interiror.
Mike
So pulled it apart again, and cleaned up the grounding ring and the metal housing where it touches, and now it works perfect! had it running on the bench for 2 days without having to adjust it.
1 item off the list, now on to the rest of the interiror.
Mike
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From: Spring Park MN
I tried to fix mine. I filed the contacts in the points and the electric wind worked well then. I think the mechanicals in the clock need cleaning though because it would run a little but kept slowing down until it stopped. If you helped the spring with your finger for a little more pressure, it would keep running. I tried blowing it out gently and also tried cleaning it with rubbing alcohol to no avail. I wasn't about to take it all apart and clean it as I am not a jeweler/watch repairman. I just stuck it back in the dash.
Mike
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I tried to fix mine. I filed the contacts in the points and the electric wind worked well then. I think the mechanicals in the clock need cleaning though because it would run a little but kept slowing down until it stopped. If you helped the spring with your finger for a little more pressure, it would keep running. I tried blowing it out gently and also tried cleaning it with rubbing alcohol to no avail. I wasn't about to take it all apart and clean it as I am not a jeweler/watch repairman. I just stuck it back in the dash.
Mike
Mike
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I have two mechanical clocks to repair but like to work from hard copy. So I created a pdf version of this online clock repair guide that consolidates the number of pages while placing the text next to the pictures rather than the linear format of the online version.
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Well, it's not in the car, yet. It will work fine...on the bench. So you'll spend another day putting it back in that little 'nest' of a gauge cluster, And it will work just fine, then.
But, just wait, and that little trouble-making imp will come around and POOF
We will see.......
But, just wait, and that little trouble-making imp will come around and POOF
We will see.......
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From: Texas
“Fixed” mine several months ago. Found the winding spring was disconnected. Reconnected it as best I could figure and lubed up the clock well and it has run flawlessly since. Except now it won’t keep accurate time. Must be the spring tension off. Any thoughts (besides get a quartz replacement) would be appreciated!