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Subject:Re: It's 22:26!
From:Michael Sullivan
Date:Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:15:08 -0500

Soldier up!  Lights out at 2200. As you were!
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Warren Lail <wklail@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I guess I'll have to do a little investigative work on the
> module when I pull the instrument panel next week to install the new
> brake light switches.  Thanks for the info, David.
>
> Warren (trying to get back home ;-)
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:50 PM, David Beierl<dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> wrote:
> > At 07:31 PM 7/23/2009, Warren Lail wrote:
> >>
> >> US and ended up in say, Europe, I suppose.  Because now my clock
> >> displays the hours in the 24 hour format.  Does anyone know how I can
> >> get back to the USA (i.e., the 12 hour format)?
> >
> > Warren, open up the clock module (take your time, it has to go back
> together
> > again).  When you get down to the circuit board, you'll see two adjacent
> > pairs of solder pads, one labelled 12h and the other 24h.  You want to
> end
> > up with the 12h pads shorted together with solder and a bit of wire, and
> the
> > 24h pads open between them.  That orta do it -- if not, then it's
> probably
> > time for a new clock module.  I suspect that the 12h pads were just
> bridged
> > by solder and that it has cracked.
> >
> > d
> >
> >
> >  --
> > David Beierl - Providence RI USA --
> http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> > '89 Po' White Star "Scamp"
> >
>