On 8/21/06, Woody Halsey <WHalsey@sya.org> wrote:
> Did someone say earlier it was possible to repair a balky clock? Mine
> slowed down in the winter, then stopped running altogether; so I
> installed the gauge cluster from the parts van ... and rejuvenated the
> V'gon by about 130,000 miles in the process! I saved the old cluster and
> would be interested in fixing the clock if I had any clue how to begin.

Supposedly there are two capacitors on the clock circuit board that
get tired and wheezy and make the clock work badly or stop,
particularly in cold weather. Here's a squick sort of "how to" page on
replacing them:

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

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"