Clock repair

vlad01 · Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:23 am Post subject:

lol at this thread. So much drama over some clocks.

I remember when I was 13 or 14 and got given a 73 aussie SB and noticing the clock didn't work. I opened it (aussie clock are different) which required popping the bezel off. I remember straight away i said as soon as i saw the insides "aw yeah there is a blown fuse and these gears need a clean"

it was so blatantly obvious Laughing

after 15 min the clock was working again. There was no such thing as the internet in 2002 where I live.

turbomicrowaves · Samba Member Joined: February 25, 2007 Posts: 1136

I soldered it back together and the clock still doesn't work. What did I go wrong?
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Square One · Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 9:17 pm Post subject:

More importantly, how do you get the damned thing out of the dash?
Traversing the spaghetti bowl of wires and gear behind my '71 SB's dash is practically impossible.
Any tips?

KTPhil · Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 11:22 pm Post subject:

Square One · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:41 am Post subject:

Hmmm, I'll give that a try. Thanks, KT!

KTPhil · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:13 am Post subject:

Here is the back of the clock. The prongs are visible; pinch at the serrated ends near the face of the clock, NOT the parts that protrude from the body (at top in this view).

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Square One · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:30 pm Post subject:

Damn, I actually got it to work! And it's keeping perfect time, too!

After soldering back the thermo-fuse, it still wouldn't work.

I sat and stared at it in a lotus position, through a magnifying glass, for some time, and after ascertaining the working order of each gear, the answer (and the meaning of life) were revealed.

I shortened the spring that moves the doohickey that connects to the electric points. It took two tries at shortening/strengthening that spring, but, Holy Cow, it works!

I ran upstairs and woke up my wife (it was 2:30 am by the time I finished), and reported the good news to her.

She wasn't very impressed . . .
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supaninja · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:24 pm Post subject:

Woreign · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:56 am Post subject:

It's alive! ALIVE!!

Plus, wives are never impressed with all we do in the garage (with the exception of a few...). I honed the inside of my AAR valve so it opens and closes smoothly. I brought it in and showed my wife. After explaining what I did and what it does, I realized that all she heard was "blah-blah blah, blah-blah, blah, and blah".

jimmynotch · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:22 pm Post subject:

MonT3 · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:53 pm Post subject:

Has anyone worked on a Clock from a 67? Reason I ask is that the fuse area looks a little different than the others seen on this thread. For example,

I believe from a late model...(from a post earlier in this thread)

from my square (sorry for the bit of blur)

from a 70s fasty (again, sorry for the blur but I can see the break in the line

The 67 piece doesn't look anything like the later. Should anyone have a pic of what a functional 67 clock looks like, please post. Appreciate it.

regards
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sherpa7200 · Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 8:12 am Post subject:

I've got the mechanical-type clock (the one that 'rewinds' every minute or so). The thermo-fuse is fine, but my clock runs intermittently. Meaning that if I put power to it it will initially rewind, but inevitably (usually after a couple of hours) it just stops rewinding. I've tried blowing the gears clean, but haven't yet applied any lubricant. Beyond that, does anyone have any suggestions/hints?
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Muulch · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 7:46 pm Post subject:

Bobnotch · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:00 pm Post subject:

Esteddom · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 12:06 am Post subject:

"Do NOT short the power wire to the dash while you do this!"

Should have read this better before attempting this. I did short the power wire and now I have no clock and no light either. I checked all the fuses and they're fine, other dash lights are working fine too. Any thoughts on what to do here? On a plus side I did get the stock sapphire radio working and the drivers side dome light.

Thanks in advance!

Donnie strickland · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 5:57 am Post subject:

Did you reconnect the clock ground wire?
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Esteddom · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 9:51 am Post subject:

Yeah I reconnected all the wires and nothing unfortunately. Will double check with a voltmeter and report back.

Square One · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:35 pm Post subject:

About a year after I revived my mechanical clock from it's almost 40 year hibernation, it began to run wonky. It would slow up and then speed up then stop and startup again.

I got tired of all this foolishness, admitted to myself that I was not, nor ever would be a watchmaker, and decided to convert it to a battery movement. There are several excellent posts on this forum containing pictures with circles and arrows that will tell you how to do that. Take your time (pun intended), and try not to act too impetuously (always a problem for me).

The result is a perfectly working clock. It has kept perfect time for some two years now. I just readjusted it over to daylight savings time the other day, and it continues to chug along happily.

Best of all, no one knows that it's been converted, except me . . . and the um-teen thousands that read this forum.
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'71 Squareback FI "Irving"
'74 Super Beetle A/S "Mr. Buggy" (named by my 16 yr old daughter when it was hers)
'77 SB Convertible (oops . . . sold!)

Bobnotch · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 4:58 pm Post subject:

shakadon · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 12:43 pm Post subject:

So this type 3 was leaking a lot of water so I decided to pull the dash, the guages, everything to do it right. I pulled of the back of the clock cover and rust was everwywhere. I cleaned it all up, got it running manually, soldered the "fuse" but no luck.

Looking closer at the pictures, it looks like there are supposed to be points that touch with the winder. Mine does not have them, it just looks like a pointer coming off the body of the clock. Also how does that solinoid work? I dont see anyway for it to wind back the winder? When I apply power and ground to the solidoid it just vibrates, I dont see any way for it to push out?

Am I missing something?


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