Re: [T3] late style (1972) clock

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

Try spraying with WD40 - it will rinse out excess and is a far lighter oil than
3-in-1, which I would have thought is too heavy for clocks.  There should be a
bit of original or thinned 3-in-1 left behind to do enough lubrication.  If it
doesn't work, it's no loss.  5 or 6 days before it stops suggests it may be a
lubrication problem.  Obviously the electronics are fine, and the hair-like
electric coils are OK, and not abraded by the pendulum, so the main problems
that kill these clocks are OK.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gamboa, Gary" <Gary.Gamboa@sylvania.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 7:55 PM
Subject: RE: [T3] late style (1972) clock


> >Can anybody provide me some information on repairing the newer ones?
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> I am currently using a '72 clock in my '71. At first it wouldn't
> work, so I cleaned it out, by air hose. I put a few drops of 3 in
> 1 oil in (I know this can be counter-productive, but it was all I had).
> It runs for about 5-6 days then stops. I then have to slip it out and
> start it by hand, then it runs for another 5-6 days.
>
> Gary
> '71 FI AT Sqaure
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