Sorry, I should have mentioned, I have a digital clock from a '86 Wofsburg Westy. Zoltan
-----Original Message----- From: Neil N Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:38 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: The Clock is always troublesome I really like my analogue clock. It is very accurate. It isn't hard to wire a separate positive wire to the clock. I imagine the same could be done for the negative connection. However. Doing that might provide a small "surprise" for the next owner when they remove the instrument cluster. On my '81 Westy, I installed a coolant gauge in the clock face area. This required that I run a new long fused wire to the positive connection on the clock; there is a male push on connector at the clock. IIRC I had connected this wire to an existing fuse at the OEM fuse panel. The clock draws very little power. With the instrument cluster apart, when re-installing the clock, I found that if the ground connection of the blue foil was incorrectly installed above the brass tab on the clock, the clock would not run. image of same: http://tinyurl.com/la7mu93
On 12/19/14, thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote: > Hi to all, > Anytime I notice the clock is not working, I suspect there is something > wrong with the connection with the film or the film itself has the copper > burnt out like a fuse. > Now, I’m trying to fix that burnt out part on it without much success. I > wonder if there is a sure way to fix it. > Zoltan >
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