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- From: brooks@mcnc.org (Ted Brooks)
- Subject: Re: Clocks anyone?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.142020.27152@mcnc.org>
- Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
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- Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
- References: <h645788@pro-haven.cts.com> <1992Aug12.170242.17824@mcnc.org> <1992Aug12.224304.14958@i88.isc.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:20:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug12.224304.14958@i88.isc.com> dye@i88.isc.com (Ken R. Dye ) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug12.170242.17824@mcnc.org> brooks@mcnc.org (Ted Brooks) writes:
- >>In article <h645788@pro-haven.cts.com> shadow@pro-haven.cts.com (Blaine Hufnagle) writes:
- >>>I noticed today that the factory clock in my truck started working again, for
- >>>the thirty millionth time... It seems that every Chevy truck factory clock
- >>>will run for about the first 25K miles, then it'll quit for several months,
- >>>and then work for a few weeks, then quit, etc etc ad infinitum.
- >>>
- >>
- >>Take the clock to a competent watch/clock repair shop and have it cleaned and
- >>oiled. (Don't do it yourself - the oils they use are far better refined than
- >>what you can buy at the hardware store, so to avoid future gumming up.)
- >
- > I was under the impession that it was not a "gumming" problem,
- >but an electrical contact. The old mechanical (pre-quartz) units use
- >an electrically wound spring to run the clock...when the spring unwinds
-
- That's the other most common failure mode for these things, followed by
- actual breakage of the mechanicals or the solenoid. If you tap it and hear
- it rewind & start, that's probably the problem. If you tap it and it just
- starts ticking (at least as common), it's probably gummed up.
-
- Ted Brooks
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