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    Posted: Nov/01/2020 at 3:39pm
Anyone know about the AMC clocks? I took mine out to repair and 2 of the tiny screws that keep the guts intact were off, and so it fell apart a bit as I took it out of the housing. I managed to get it all back together, but I had to rewind the metal coil that keeps tension on the moving point. Both the moving point and the stationary point were dirty/fried ... and flat/concave. When they make contact the clock stops ...I can pull back the tension point and it will move again back towards the stationary point. I figure when power is applied the points will fly apart when they meet, but when I tested it w/ power nothing happened when the points met. What am I missing? My clock is from a '65 Rambler classic


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The coil could be burned out.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote mmaher94087 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Nov/01/2020 at 6:25pm
Is it grounded?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ramblinrev Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Nov/01/2020 at 6:59pm
Good point! Always look for the simplest cause first!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote dltowers Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Nov/01/2020 at 7:05pm
Ryan, FYI....

(Clock Quartz Conversion and Guage Repairs) Instrument Services, Inc.

11765 Main St, Roscoe, IL 61073     (817) 623-2993/800-558-2674

www.clocksandguages.com     sales@clocksandguages.com

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JGRANTAMX Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Nov/01/2020 at 7:14pm
 I sent my clock to Kennedy AMC had it converted to quartz.

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If you want it restored, reasonably, to factory: www.theclockwks.com

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote tomj Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Nov/01/2020 at 8:50pm
They're horrible things.  The windup mechanism is a crap design, the spring when new runs it for what, a minute? THe contact closes and CRRRRKKK a big spark sprays a small mist of aerosolized metal throughout the clock housing.  Just great. The spring is short, it fatigues in a few years. ALso the solenoid draws 10 - 20 amps in a brief pulse (average power is very low) so the solenoid heats internally and it does require a solid ground.

They're comically bad designs.

I had a working one in a 62 Ambassador 400. I did my first cross country road trip (Mass. to Bremerton WA, round trip) in it in 1974 when I was 19. I slept in the car. I still remember the tick tick tick tick... get quieter and quieter then.. CLACK TICK TICK TICK tick tick ... as the winder wore down.



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote S Curry Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Nov/02/2020 at 8:23am
My brother does clock repair. I gave him my clock for my 70 AMX. He just did some cleaning and uses a wall wart 12 VDC power supply to run it. It has been running on his bench for 3 months now. Gains about 2 minutes a week. Can't get it to slow any further without major overhaul. I'm good with that. Like he said, they are made to last about 7-8 years...about the normal lifespan of a car out of the '70's. NO, he is not available for repair of car clocks. He is about 18 months out with what is in his shop right now.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote bigbad69 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Nov/02/2020 at 8:26am
Unless you want the car 100% dead nutz stock, the quartz conversion is the way to go.
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