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Subject:Re: Stuck Clock Setting Button
From:Leon
Date:Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:40:03 -0700

I use toothpick, works well
You will have to remove cluster.Remove bulb(1/4 turn),disconnect clock
connector
and pull flexcircuit to expose clock.Remove screws holding it and it's out.
This should do it all by itself and release stuck button.
Leon
85 Subwagen
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:11:41 -0500, Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
wrote:

> 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
>

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