Date:         Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:06:47 -0600
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stuck Clock Setting Button
Comments: To: Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Bruce,
I've seen this thread before so know there's an archive-solution. "I think"
you can shine a bright light on that part and "fish" with, maybe a sturdy
sewing needle, putting it on the time-changer button, pushing, then pulling
it laterally toward "centered". It should pop back into place?
bob


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Nadig" <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:11 PM
Subject: Stuck Clock Setting Button


> O.K., I know that this sounds dumb, but I was trying to set the clock on
> my
> '87 Vanagon the other day. I was using a very small, pointy screwdriver,
> like you use to adjust your eyeglasses. Well, I think I pushed the button
> in
> to far, or got it cocked to the side, because now that little tiny button
> won't come back out and the hours just keep advancing every second or two.
> For now I'm pretending that it is a lap timer, but I'd like to know if
> there
> is a simple solution, a complicated solution, or whether I've just screwed
> myself altogether now.
>
> Before I take the instrument panel apart, what should I expect? Can I fix
> it? Can the clock be replaced?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruce
> motorbruce
> motorbruce@hotmail.com
>