Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:08:48 -0400
Reply-To: Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: clock
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Yup. And, how to best remove and repair the thing is the question. But,
guess I could install a sun dial on the roof-top luggage carrier and plan to
stop periodically to find the correct "Westy time." Hmmm ... imagination
prevails ... If I mounted a large enough sun dial atop the roof, and
connected it to an antenna tuner, I'd be able to use my amateur radios
without having the needed array of antennae weaving and bobbing as I speed
down the road.... {;?)
Sam Conant
Colchester, Vermont
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Collum" <collum@verizon.net>
To: "Sam Conant" <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: clock
> Sam, if you have an '84 Wolfsburg, then you no doubt have the digital
> clock with LCD display. That one came with the installed tach. The ones
> that have an analog clock have them where the tach "would" go. Those with
> analog clocks have the temperature gauge at the top and the fuel gauge at
> the bottom.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> Sam Conant wrote:
>> Jon, et. al.,
>> I looked at the instructions late last night after a drive home from
>> Boston
>> , and decided to re-read them today to clear out any confusion. My 84
>> Westy
>> clock only shows the numbers, does not have "hands" to protect, and the
>> photos and directions are described as being for a 1994 not a 1984???
>> Sam Conant
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "jon" <jon@KENNEKE.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: clock
>>
>>
>>> Seems like this site (easily found by google) says it all:
>>>
>>> http://www.pauldottrip.com/84vanagon/analogclock/analogclock.html
>>>
>>> ;)
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Sam Conant wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tks Jon,
>>>> How does one pull the clock in the 84 Westy?
>>>> SamC
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "jon" <jon@KENNEKE.COM>
>>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:48 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: clock
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Many times it's one of the electrolytic capacitors in the clock. It
>>>> > dries
>>>> > out after 20+ years. Somewhere on the web there are good instructions
>>>> > on
>>>> > how to replace the offending cap. Somewhat faulty memory tells me
>>>> > it's
>>>> > a
>>>> > 100 uF 16 Volt unit. It's not difficult to pull the clock out, and
>>>> > you'll
>>>> > see the cap(s). They are commonly available parts.
>>>> >
>>>> > I've fixed three Vanagon clock with this fix. Sure, a bad circuit
>>>> board
>>>> > trace could happen, or an active component could have died. But, in
>>>> > my
>>>> > experience, that's it. 80's vintage Mercedes clocks are quite
>>>> > similar,
>>>> > and
>>>> > I've also fixed them with new cap(s).
>>>> >
>>>> > Jon
>>>> >
>>>> > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Jeff Clayman wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> My clock just stopped working. Any typical problems with these? 87
>>>> >> vAN.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Jeff
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>
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