Rebuild my clock
Le Mans Master
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From: Temple Terrace Florida
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
Just another Corvette guy
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From: Palm Springs, CA.
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.
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.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2019
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From: Indiana
try it yourself.. not hard..
still ticking here
trick is to use clock oil after cleaning
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ck-repair.html
still ticking here
trick is to use clock oil after cleaninghttps://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.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Bethlehem, PA
clock repair
Here's my post from 2020 showing everything you need to do it yourself.
Original Clock Repair - CorvetteForum - Chevrolet Corvette Forum Discussion
Original Clock Repair - CorvetteForum - Chevrolet Corvette Forum Discussion
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2019
Posts: 7,649
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From: Indiana
Here's my post from 2020 showing everything you need to do it yourself.
Original Clock Repair - CorvetteForum - Chevrolet Corvette Forum Discussion
Original Clock Repair - CorvetteForum - Chevrolet Corvette Forum Discussion
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Southeast, Tennessee
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '26
clock rebuild
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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