At 06:21 PM 10/31/2011, Kevin ... wrote:
>   Ok I'm still a newbie in so many Vanagon ways but what's the
> purpose of this clock? Mine just ticks on seemingly resetting
> itself back close to zero every time I start the engine. I've been
> using it to mark engine hours like an aircraft.

It's a regular time-of-day clock, solder-jumper-selectable to either
twelve hour or twenty-four hour display.  Like the earlier analog
clock it's very accurate, in the 5 seconds per month class (uses a 4
MHz crystal instead of the commoner and cheaper 32768 Hz which gives
about 15 seconds per month).  I believe it normally retains the time
(may even keep running) for a short time with the battery unhooked,
so I suspect there may be something hinky in the clock itself.

Yours,
David