Paul,

That is quite some electronic analog clock. I miss my 78 bus which had
this clock. It was a gem when I bought it from the original owner. It
had the windup timer for the gasoline heater. It was in olive green with
white roof plus a huge sunroof.

The thing I don't miss is the sudden stall on the freeway in hot days
due to allegedly vapor lock.

- Vince

http://gipsyflies.home.comcast.net
1989 Vanagon GL Camper
1993 Mazda Miata
1996 Land Rover Discovery
2005 Mini Cooper S (almost here)

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Paul Guzyk
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 12:13 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Early Vanagon Analog Clock repair:$2 in parts & procedure

My 1984 analog clock was broken.  The hands never moved.  I read in the
archives it can usually be fixed by replacing the two capacitors approx
$2.00 in parts (Radio Shack part number 272-1044).

I had the dash apart to add an external tach so I figured I would try
and fix the clock.

The new capacitors made my clock work like new!

It takes between 1 and 2 hours to replace them.  It is not too difficult
but you have to be comfortable with a soldering iron (and de-soldering
procedures).

Here's how to do it:

http://www.pauldottrip.com/84vanagon/analogclock/analogclock.html