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On 12 Apr 2002, at 21:16, Plk554@aol.com wrote: > The late model solid state type III clock usually fails in the plastic gears, > not the electronics. There is one small bevel gear that cracks and then free > spins on the shaft. If you find one that starts and runs for a bit with the > hands moving and then stops... it is due to dirt. Clean it with a liquid > cleaner such as a few have advised, let it dry over night (important) and try > it again in the morning. I've seen this gear that slips on the shaft, but there are very positive stops on its travel. It appears to me that it is intended to move. Even when my eyes were better, I was never able to see any crack there, and I spent a lot of time looking. That part certainly has me puzzled. Why do you emphasize letting it dry overnight? Just to make sure that all traces are gone? Yes Jim, the gear is a bit of a mystery... I have made the same observations as you have. I have seen several of the gears actually cracked enough to stick a small screwdriver into the crack and break off the gear from the shaft. The rest of the time it appears that nothing is wrong with the gear but it still seems to just free spin. My recommendation for the clock to air dry overnight is to have traces of the cleaner evaporate... it can short out the circuit when it is still wet. Depending on the cleaner some stays on for several hours. In the excitement of the moment after cleaning you want to test the clock... but if it is still wet... you get the picture. > All of the late model clocks have a metal back (not plastic) and the face is > painted black, not gray. At least SOME of the '71 gray faced clocks came with the late works. Yes Jim you are right about the 71 gray faces... I should have said Late 72 and 73 have the black faces. Most of the late model clocks I see are black face though. > I get about 3 out of 10 of the late model clocks working again and out of > those 3 only 2 will work after a few months. You can use an early mechanical > clock and just paint the front metal bezel Simi-flat black, or you can swap the > one from the later clock... lens should work too. Your rate of success has still been better than mine. I think it is the alignment of the planets with the power output of my Flux Capacitor that makes my rate that high......:+) ..... it is all luck and southwest dry weather clocks that I think makes the rate that high. There are times though that I will do 15 in a year and only a few end up working. On older clocks I usually have luck with 4 out of 5. Thetas when the Flux Capacitor has just had the Neutron brake fluid replaced... it is sorta like Cobalt Blinker Fluid........ ;+) - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* Thanks Jim, Pat@volksclocks ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe