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>From: Andy Russo <vwtpye3@macquarie.matra.com.au>
>Can anyone help - I bought a VDO Cockpit Style clock at a swap meet for $10
>which I thought was okay as new ones here are over $200. The guy assured me it
>was 12 volt but there is nothing on the case to indicate whether it's 12 or 6
>volt. As I don't want to blow it up feeding it 12 volt if it's a 6 volter, I
>thought someone might be able to tell me.
> VW P/No: 321 919 203
> VDO P/No: 214/6/3 4 74
>I checked my latset VDO book and the clock is slightly different only listing
>12 & 24 Volt with no part numbers like the above.
Understand your concern. Early clocks, including some 12 V up to ~70 have
white plastic back covers. Later ones are all metal. The ones I have are
all ink stamped with the date in two places and the voltage in one. The VW
part number looks to me to be a dasher/passat number to me, but I'm not
really sure. The last numbers of the VDO # above looks like a date code (4
74) to me: a very early 12 V dasher/passat.
If you can open it up and look at the works inside that will tell you
better. The early ones were wound by a solenoid once every 60-90 seconds.
I would guess that only this style was made as a 6 V. I suspect yours is
different.
Jim
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