My apologies; having two vans with analog clocks, one good, one hibernating
presently, I just naturally assumed........

On 10/30/07, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Those two 100 uf caps are usually the problem with analog clocks but the
> original poster stated that he has an '87 van so I'm assuming a digital
> clock in his case.
>
> Mike
>
>
> jon wrote:
> > Many times it's one of the electrolytic capacitors in the clock. It
> dries
> > out after 20+ years. Somewhere on the web there are good instructions on
> > how to replace the offending cap. Somewhat faulty memory tells me it's a
> > 100 uF 16 Volt unit. It's not difficult to pull the clock out, and
> you'll
> > see the cap(s). They are commonly available parts.
> >
> > I've fixed three Vanagon clock with this fix. Sure, a bad circuit board
> > trace could happen, or an active component could have died. But, in my
> > experience, that's it. 80's vintage Mercedes clocks are quite similar,
> and
> > I've also fixed them with new cap(s).
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Jeff Clayman wrote:
> >
> >> My clock just stopped working.  Any typical problems with these?  87
> vAN.
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >
>

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