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Old May 22, 2006 | 05:20 PM
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Default Quartz clock replace for 1971

i need to replacethe clock in my 1971, has anyone bought one of the after market quartz clocks (Eckler's), if so how do you like it?

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Old May 22, 2006 | 05:28 PM
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I got one off ebay. easy to install, works fine. You might try blowing the lint out of yours and cleaning the contacts first. That fixes most of them.

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Old May 22, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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I've got the quartz movments in in mine (w/original face) and like it alot.
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I got one from ZIP.....installed it and loved it ever since!
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I got one from Clocks by Roger......100% satisfied.
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Originally Posted by 71rdster
I got one off ebay. easy to install, works fine. You might try blowing the lint out of yours and cleaning the contacts first. That fixes most of them.

Orville
I agree, but be EXTREMELY careful of the blowing. I had a factory ticker that worked fine until I put some copressed air to it and scattered the counterbalance spring into a pile of twisted spagetti. After that, I decided to do the quartz conversion.
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