If you remove the clock, you will see the issue.  There won't be a spring
that goes flying across the room - pretty well self contained!

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Bruce Nadig
Sent: August 19, 2004 7:12 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Stuck Clock Setting Button

O.K., I know that this sounds dumb, but I was trying to set the clock on my
'87 Vanagon the other day. I was using a very small, pointy screwdriver,
like you use to adjust your eyeglasses. Well, I think I pushed the button in
to far, or got it cocked to the side, because now that little tiny button
won't come back out and the hours just keep advancing every second or two.
For now I'm pretending that it is a lap timer, but I'd like to know if there
is a simple solution, a complicated solution, or whether I've just screwed
myself altogether now.

Before I take the instrument panel apart, what should I expect? Can I fix
it? Can the clock be replaced?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
Bruce
motorbruce
motorbruce@hotmail.com