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Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:21 am

When reinstalling, make sure you have the cluster 'positive' wire UNDER the copper terminal on the unit. This is obvious, but I overlooked it. Explains why it was working fine on the bench but not working in the van.

Wed May 09, 2018 4:07 pm

Help!! The link to the website that has the repair is no longer working! Can someone please just post the information here? It sounds like many people have actually repair their clock by following whatever procedure this is. Unfortunately it is no longer available. Thank you everyone who might be able to help

Wed May 09, 2018 5:02 pm

This post should get you there:

http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/fix-your-analogue-clock_topic72774.html

Fri May 11, 2018 4:17 pm

Ahwahnee wrote: This post should get you there:

http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/fix-your-analogue-clock_topic72774.html

Thank you very much!!

Sat May 12, 2018 4:24 am

I just don't use it anymore.
That being said, I have the time set to '4:18'.
Some of you will know why!
8)

Sat May 12, 2018 7:55 am

https://biblia.com/bible/1John4.18

Sat May 12, 2018 8:35 am

Um, no.
More like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)

Sat May 12, 2018 9:22 am

Team WorldTour wrote: ...That being said, I have the time set to '4:18'...

I guess it takes you 2 minutes to roll one?

Sat May 12, 2018 11:59 am

Yeah, as Bob says, "I roll 'em BIG!"

Tue Jul 13, 2021 12:29 am

@nwaite DUDE!! Y'all are incredible for posting that info about the ground ribbon needing to be UNDER the clock ground clip. Rearranging that ribbon fixed the clock on the '82 I just bought, clock hadn't worked for years - I like to think that I was hot on the trail, but definitely very glad I came across this thread!!

Just gonna mention some relevant multimeter fiddling that I did, in case it can help anybody out down the line:

On my 1982 Vanagon L 2.0L Air-cooled Gas:

With battery ground connected and the T14 connector unattached, I read ~12V between the clock pin 7 and ground pin 5
With battery ground connected and T14 attached to the instrument cluster, I read ~12V between the positive clock terminal (the connection with the white clip) and ground, which reassured me that my ribbons/foil were intact, but (!) strangely the reading between the positive and negative clock terminal was only ~600-650mV

That ~600mV reading rang a bell as the same "ambient" voltage (forgive my cursory circuits knowledge) that I measured between the +/- clock pins with the instrument cluster entirely disconnected. So, ding ding ding, we've got a bad ground - I found this thread (and noticed that the ribbon-under-clip orientation is actually visible in Bentley 90.8 Fig 3 despite no explicit mention), switched my ribbon around, and bingo! Heard it start ticking when I reconnected the battery (with the T14 installed), and just for my sanity I confirmed that I now read ~12V between the positive and negative clock pins.

Great fun! Thank you based samba!

Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:19 am

Team WorldTour wrote: I just don't use it anymore.
That being said, I have the time set to '4:18'.
Some of you will know why!
8)
Why not “25 or 6 to 4”? :roll: