Old Volks Home wrote: > I don't worry about clock drain on my 84 Westy. It stops under 60F > (prolly > still pull juice though). Garbage and gunk after many years of use > gathers > in the movement and someday (or never), I will pull it to clean it out.. > This is typical of 80-85 models with analog clocks.
Jake de Villiers wrote: > Doesn't everybody!? My 84 behaves as you describe and stops every > night in > the winter, but the clock in the 86 keeps perfect time.
Jim, Jake and others with this problem... It's probably not gunk but rather a failing capacitor. See this website for the fix... http://www.pauldottrip.com/84vanagon/analogclock/analogclock.html I did this last winter using the prescribed Radio Shack parts and even the peanut can work support. Nuthin' too it. My ('84) clock used to stop every cool night and not get going until we were on the road an hour or so. Now it runs 24/7 all year long. Geo Hahn
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