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Subject:Re: Help needed fixing the tabs an instrument cluster
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Fri, 3 Aug 2007 18:47:26 -0700

Yep, did all that, checked voltages, poked and prodded, got bored, gave
up, Velcro'd CVS clock to dash. I have a lead on a spare working one
nearby and will pick it up tomorrow. Fingers crossed, I'll have a
fully-functional dash! Except for the dash light dimmer which I fried in
a wonderful cross-wiring mishap. Haven't found a situation where dimming
the dash lights was needed, anyway, so I wired the thing full-on.
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

Mike Collum typed:
> Have you disassembled the clock and replaced the two 100uf capacitors
> therein?  (One is for tick and the other is for tock) ... LOL
>
> Anyway, those capacitors get flaky and cause the clock to work
> intermittently at best.  Usually making them not work in cool or damp
> weather as a first symptom.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> Michael Elliott wrote:
>> I would cheerfully buy a working analog clock. I've done all I can to
>> mine that I can think of and it still refuses to tick tick tick.
>