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Date:         Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:59:17 -0700
Reply-To:     Craig Oda <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Craig Oda <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Analog clock fix/instrument pod foil
Comments: To: Edward Maglott <emaglott@buncombe.main.nc.us>
In-Reply-To:  <6.0.3.0.0.20040917164242.036f0ec0@buncombe.main.nc.us>
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Edward, thank you for this post. It's inspired me to take another look at my clock.

After Paul posted his instructions I took out the clock from my dash and installed the new capacitors. His site is very instructive. My clock is exactly like Paul's clock, with two capacitors.

I too was sad when I reinstalled the clock. My clock is totally dead. On the bright side, my dash light does work.

I didn't check the clock with an external 12VDC power supply prior to reinstalling the clock. It's possible that one of the leads is broken.

I think that I'll play around with the clock while it is out of the dash.

Thanks.

-- Craig

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:17:01 -0400, Edward Maglott <emaglott@buncombe.main.nc.us> wrote: > I recently saw this nice site put together by Paul on fixing the clock in > his early vanagon: > > http://www.pauldottrip.com/84vanagon/analogclock/analogclock.html > > I have an '86, and have always been annoyed by the big broken clock in my > dash. At one point I was going to swap for the dash with the tach, but > later decided to add a small external tach. > > I expected that the guts of the analog clock in my '86 would be the same as > the one in Paul's early vanagon. It is slightly different, having only one > of the capacitors that Paul replaced. Otherwise, Paul's instructions are > excellent. The one part that I had a little trouble with was actually > pulling the whole clock out of the "pod." The key to this is that you have > to carefully take out the temp and fuel gauges at the same time that you > pull the clock mechanism out. I replaced the one capacitor with one from > Radio Shack. Hooked the clock up to 12v dc supply, and it started right up > and kept excellent time for a day or so of testing. > > I put the whole thing back in the van, and then the clock did not work. I > was sad. took it all back out and found that the conductor for the clock > power in the plastic film was broken very near the connector. I carefully > soldered a small jumper across the break. I noted that several of the > other contact strips at the connector were also in bad shape. I tried to > glue them back down to the plastic with no success. Once again I installed > the pod back in the van and now my clock worked! Unfortunately, now my > dash lights did not work. I was sad again. I carefully took things apart > enough that I could examine the connector. several of the strips were > lifted up and folded over. I tried to put them back in place as best I > could and carefully slid the connector on. Everything seems to be working > now, but I feel like that connection is pretty weak and will not tolerate > many more cycles of being taken apart and reconnected. I anticipate > replacing that connector in the future at some point. > > Thanks to Paul for putting that instructional site up to help many of us > with broken clocks. > > Edward >


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