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tomj 
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 Posted: Nov/17/2020 at 9:58pm |
I hope it stays running! |
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1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5 http://www.ramblerLore.com |
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First_Gear
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Posted: Nov/17/2020 at 5:32pm |
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I was able to successfully repair my little clock. I replaced the points with some contacts salvaged from an old pinball game. The coil is good though it looks a little dark and I might rewind it.. I carefully cut the salvage relay leaf and popped the contact out. I drilled the old one out of the clock and carefully dremmeled the new one until it popped into the old hole then I swaged it over with a punch. I think I'll add a snubber capacitor to keep the spark down.
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tomj
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Posted: Nov/02/2020 at 10:44pm |
It would be cool to add a sound module that made the right sounds, and also a switch to make it run fast two minutes a week, you know, to get that OEM feeelz going. (Technology-wise, it would be easy to do!) |
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1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5 http://www.ramblerLore.com |
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RandyB
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Posted: Nov/02/2020 at 4:01pm |
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Going to convert my clock, thanks for the link.
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Randy B
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george w
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Posted: Nov/02/2020 at 2:32pm |
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I second the idea of the quartz conversion. Just the case, face and hands are kept so no worries about any lost or worn original parts.
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Long time AMC fan. Ambassador 343, AMX 390, Hornet 360, Spirit 304 and Javelin 390. All but javelin bought new.
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bigbad69
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Posted: Nov/02/2020 at 8:26am |
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Unless you want the car 100% dead nutz stock, the quartz conversion is the way to go.
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69 Javelin SST BBO 390 T10
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S Curry
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Posted: Nov/02/2020 at 8:23am |
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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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tomj
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Posted: Nov/01/2020 at 8:50pm |
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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. Edited by tomj - Nov/01/2020 at 8:52pm |
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1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5 http://www.ramblerLore.com |
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ramblinrev
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Posted: Nov/01/2020 at 7:44pm |
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If you want it restored, reasonably, to factory: www.theclockwks.com |
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JGRANTAMX
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Posted: Nov/01/2020 at 7:14pm |
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I sent my clock to Kennedy AMC had it converted to quartz.
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