And, the fact the there is a digital clock on later van just proves that
my memory is faulty. ;) On my wife's 86, the LCD display went bad, so I
should know better. I don't know of any repair options.

;)

Jon
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Mike Collum 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
> >>
> >
>