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Old 10-18-2023, 10:19 AM
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Who do you guys use to rebuild the clock. Thanks for the replies
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Are you looking to keep it original for judging or looking to get to functioning? If it's the latter, get a quartz replacement from any one of the large vendors. The swap out of the movement is pretty quick. Jerry
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This ^^^^
And it will keep working.
I've repaired the original works a few times but sooner or later they all fail again. It's just the nature of the design with the arcing points starter.
I install a quartz movement in all my Corvettes. They all keep perfect time.

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try it yourself.. not hard..
still ticking here trick is to use clock oil after cleaning

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ck-repair.html


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Another vote for the quartz movement. The convertion is easy and lasts. Mines been keeping perfect time for nearly 30 years now.
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Here's my post from 2020 showing everything you need to do it yourself.
Original Clock Repair - CorvetteForum - Chevrolet Corvette Forum Discussion
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Originally Posted by toylman
Here's my post from 2020 showing everything you need to do it yourself.
Original Clock Repair - CorvetteForum - Chevrolet Corvette Forum Discussion
great link.. for some reason the link in my thread i used went to china now ?? i edited to this one
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I just rebuilt my 69 clock yesterday with a quartz conversion kit I got from baire's in PA. nice and easy. took more time to get the case apart than to convert it. if you can read instructions and interpret a drawing you're good to go. did the same years ago when rebuilding my 78 pace car. clock still worked when I sold it 10 years later.

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