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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / December 2006Center console clock
Bought a center console on eBay from '71 Mach 1 that has a non-working clock. Mustang Monthly had an article dated January 2003 page 26 describing how to repair this clock. Is there a way to retrieve past articles online? mike > Bought a center console on eBay from '71 Mach 1 that has > a non-working clock. Mustang Monthly had an article dated > January 2003 page 26 describing how to repair this clock. > Is there a way to retrieve past articles online? > > mike Where did you get the info providing the issue and exact page for that article? Seems to me, I'd start looking there.. >> Bought a center console on eBay from '71 Mach 1 that has >> a non-working clock. Mustang Monthly had an article dated [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Where did you get the info providing the issue and exact page for that > article? Seems to me, I'd start looking there.. It was a web site about magazines after a long goggle search. No magazines, just a reference. > Bought a center console on eBay from '71 Mach 1 that has > a non-working clock. Mustang Monthly had an article dated > January 2003 page 26 describing how to repair this clock. > Is there a way to retrieve past articles online? Sacramento Mustang (as well as others, I'm sure) have a quartz replacement for about $70. I'm sure instructions are with it. If you really want to keep your Mustang stock, some similar companies have a program where you send in your old clock and have it rebuilt. Or, you might just get lucky by putting some light oil on it to dissolve the 35 year old grease and dirt allowing it to work. >> Bought a center console on eBay from '71 Mach 1 that has >> a non-working clock. Mustang Monthly had an article dated [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > might just get lucky by putting some light oil on it to dissolve the 35 > year old grease and dirt allowing it to work. Will take to Palo Alto Speedometer (paspeedo.com) as they are just up the street. Does not appear to be a mechanical problem, rather an electrical one. The hands, including second hand, move fine. When you apply power nothing happens. Must be a fairly robust clock considering it is strapped to a toploader! >> Bought a center console on eBay from '71 Mach 1 that has >> a non-working clock. Mustang Monthly had an article dated [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > might just get lucky by putting some light oil on it to dissolve the 35 > year old grease and dirt allowing it to work. I stand corrected on previous post. A few drops of penetrating oil is beginning to work. Still don't understand the use of electricity except maybe to wind the clock. > I stand corrected on previous post. A few drops of penetrating > oil is beginning to work. Still don't understand the use of electricity > except maybe to wind the clock. Exactly. The motor winds the spring and then stops. That's why on a properly working clock you will hear a "ting" or a "click" every few minutes. The motor does not run continuously. >> I stand corrected on previous post. A few drops of penetrating >> oil is beginning to work. Still don't understand the use of electricity [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > properly working clock you will hear a "ting" or a "click" every few > minutes. The motor does not run continuously. It runs longer now, but still not in "running" condition. Probably need to take it to a pro, $$ Ouch. Last week it was the carb, this week the clock. Had better luck with the carb. > It runs longer now, but still not in "running" condition. > Probably need to take it to a pro, $$ Ouch. > Last week it was the carb, this week the clock. > Had better luck with the carb. I remember an article from the 80s about using the quartz movement from various other cars that would work properly and could be wired such that it would keep time with the car off. Of course practically everything in junkyards now will have a digital clock. >> It runs longer now, but still not in "running" condition. >> Probably need to take it to a pro, $$ Ouch. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > it would keep time with the car off. Of course practically everything in > junkyards now will have a digital clock. Got it working with a few precise drops of 3 in 1 oil as suggested by another reader. Been running for 14 hours now and is dead on. Now just need to find where under the dash to plug in the harness. |
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