Well after a few cuss words yesterday afternoon, I got my new quartz clock mounted in the center gauge cluster. Works like a charm and is on the money after 12 hours.
I tried to repair the original ticker a while back and she worked for a while but then just died again.
Funny thing is, I hooked to my tractor battery just for kicks and the sucker wound up and started running. Must have been from jostling it around...
For those of you not familiar with "how it works", the original clock (at least in 79) uses a set of points, like in an older distributor, to actually rewind a mechanical tick-tock mechanical movement. Every time the spring winds down, the points kick in and wind her back up before it stops. Neat but cumbersome idea compared to quartz...
Can anyone use an old clock? Free if u pay the S&H!!
Good candidate for a quartz kit...