Date:         Wed, 6 Mar 2013 10:28:30 -0800
Reply-To:     Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: 1991 digital clock
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What exactly is "broken" about your clock?  If it is something like missing characters or something, that problem can be solved by removing the LCD glass and zebra strip connection to PC board, gentle cleaning of both with isopropyl alcohol, and reassembly.  If no display at all, well then that's another issue....bad PCB electronics or no power to it, etc.

Anyway, I fixed my clock on 85 Vanagon by taking apart and cleaning as described.  All back to normal and that was 5 years ago.

Rich
San Diego

--- On Wed, 3/6/13, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 1991 digital clock
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 10:06 AM

Ah yes, “pursuit of perfection when good enough will do” makes Vanagon
ownership even more of a hassle!  However, pulling out my phone to check the
time while driving is cumbersome with the seat belt blocking pocket access!
I guess I could wear a wrist watch.  Or stick one on the dash . . .

 

Stuart

 

From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans [mailto:scottdaniel@turbovans.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 6:37 PM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 1991 digital clock

 

Van Cafe says ...'tested in-house by our bolt rounders'....very cute. I like
that, 'bold rounders. ' 

I find so many other more important things to fix on all my various vanagons
and the other ones I work on that if the digital clock is a problem
...sometimes I just blank them off with black vinyl tape.  

We have so many other time devices everywhere these days anyway . Trying not
to know what time it is would be a problem even. 



On 3/5/2013 9:24 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

Van Café, but out of stock:
http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_558_832/used_factory_digital_clock.htm
l 
 
And here is a piece from Vanagon.com on using one from a Golf (if you can
find one!)  http://www.vanagon.com/problems/clock.htm 
 
Hopefully someone can come up with something else. 
 
Stuart