Date:         Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:09:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
Subject:      Re: Dead analog clock - any easy fixes
Comments: To: Greg Potts <Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <CC54B49F-F497-11D8-877B-000A95ABA42A@pottsfamily.ca>
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Hm. A reasonable and effective solution!

--

Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 VW Type 2 / 84 Westy: A poor but proud race.
KG6RCR



Greg Potts wrote:

> Hi Brian,
>
> My personal experience in this is with a 79 bus, but the same principal
> could be applied to a Vanagon easily enough.
>
> Around these parts a baywindow clock is extremely rare and costly
> accessory. I wanted one, but not enough to pony up $100 to someone on
> eBay or at a swap meet. What I did was to get a small alarm clock from
> the local "Dollarama" store, and glued the AA battery-powered mechanism
> into the back of the clock pod spacer with RTV. Then I glued in a
> custom clock face I made with letters traced from a VDO speedometer,
> and installed the arms back on the spindles.
>
> Here's the end result:
> http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia/clock.jpg
>
> Pretty simple fix, and it only cost a buck.
>
> Happy trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
> 1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
> http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
> http://www.busesofthecorn.com
>
> On 21-Aug-04, at 3:44 PM, Brian T. wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Since I have had zero luck finding a 1985 guage
>> cluster with tach I am wanting to know if there is a
>> generic sorta thing that happens to the analog clocks
>> that makes them quit.
>>
>> If there is, what's the fix?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Brian
>>
>>
>