Re: [T3] Cleaning the Clock....

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

The white cover should come off after the obvious is removed.

That sounds very slow - it must be responding to earth tremors or something!
Maybe the impulse contacts are not really winding it.  

Experts use some sort of clock cleaning fluid and lubricate with special
thin clock lubricant.  

I've had success spraying with WD40 - I suspect it thins the stiff oil and
cleans a bit of dirt out.

If it's the impulse-wound type (I think I remember the plastic back is), you
may need to use some fine emery cloth to brighten the contacts.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of J. Jonik
Sent: 09 February 2011 01:41
To: Type III
Subject: [T3] Cleaning the Clock....

Ê[This was sent before, but, apparently, to an obsolete Type III address.
Some other messages got lost too. Will try to find and re-send.}

How to clean a clock?ÊÊ 

ÊBut first, how to get it apart to even start cleaning it?
Ê Some versions come apart easily, if memory serves...but what about the
kind
Ê("KIENZLE" on the back)Ê with two little nuts to remove? Nothing budges
after the nuts are removed.
ÊThere's a gray-blue round thing stuck on a brass rod that is a question. Is
that to be pried off...pulled off...left alone...unscrewed...or what?
ÊShould the whole white plastic casing on the back be pried off after the
nuts are removed?

ÊThen, what's the story on cleaning and-or lubricating the inside to make
the clock work again?
ÊClock in car now takes about a month to go one hour.

Without a clock, how to know what time the car stalls out to coordinate
pushing or towing help?



 
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