My clock wasn't running when I got Mellow Yellow. I replaced the capacitors, it continued not to run. A year or so later, I had the dash out to try installing a clock from an '86 (I think it was) and found that the '86 doesn't fit. But in the process I discovered that the foil that connects to the clock's ground tab had a crack in it, preventing current from passing through the clock. A bit of wire to jumper the clock's ground tab to a nearby ground point and the clock works. My suggestion? Disconnect the + and ground foil tabs from the lugs on the rear of the clock and directly apply +12 and chassis to those two lugs. If the clock works, check your foils, if it doesn't then it's internal to the clock. Pardon if this has already been suggested -- I came aboard the thread late. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR
On 4/13/2008 7:43 PM Zoltan Kuthy wrote: > I changed the capacitors and it is still not going. I am baffled. Who knows? > Zoltan > |
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