phoemsen Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Inspired by an episode of "Wheeler Dealers", in which, Edd repairs the clock from a C2 Corvette. I decided to tackle my own. I had a spare non-working clock and proceeded to experiment with it first. I disassembled it and sprayed it with contact cleaner. I carefully dressed the contact points on the winding solenoid/motor. After "exercising" the movement by rotating the adjustment knob, I manually reset the spring mechanism... it started working right away!!! I sprayed a light coating of lubricant on the gears ( Rust Check ) and then used some canned air to remove any excess. After confirming this was a success, I duplicated the procedure with the clock from my car. Two weeks later, it is still ticking away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68RIVGS Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 (edited) With an electro-mechanical clock, it's usually just the contact points getting dirty, corroded or pitted. My '68 electric clock has run flawlesslyfor the past 15 years after a similar overhaul and servicing. I seriously considered purchasing a quartz conversion kit, but the 'man-over-machine' instinct won out !! I also had a couple of spares for backup and practice. Edited March 9, 2014 by 68RIVGS (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dwhiteside64 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Wow what a great success story! I will give that a try before changing out the mechanism with a quartz movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest clamshells Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Nothing better than a happy ending. Great post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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