[T3] Late type 3 clock wanted

[Dave Hall]

The late ones are mostly the transistorised ones, though I know there's a
Canadian 411 owner with a black-faced clock that has the wind-up mechanism.
While they fail less often, and generally only due to the thermal link
melting or crumbling with age, they don't keep very good time.  Maybe that's
due to dirt etc, but I've not heard of them being very good time-keepers.

I had a grey-faced transistorised clock I that refurbed the bezel and fitted
to my Variant for the drive to Germany.  It kept excellent time until we
paused somewhere where I felt the need to put hazard lights on, and it's not
worked since.  I think the transistor is broken - the coils check out OK,
which is the normal failure mode on these clocks.  I've salvaged one from
another, and think there's just about room to remove and replace the faulty
one.  If all else fails, remove the back plate and most of the guts, and
drive the minute hand with a cheap quartz movement.  I think you can use a
w/c VW clock quartz movement, but a cheap 1.5V movement will also work for
maybe a year until the battery runs down, or make a simple 1.5V voltage
regulator circuit from the car 12V (eg with LM317L).  I used a ball-pen ink
tube to join the shafts.  

If I replace the transistor, any tips on what would be neatest as a menas
rto filter out the pulses from hazards etc.  Jim?

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Dennis
Stiefel
Sent: 09 July 2011 18:28
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Late type 3 clock wanted

Been trying to find one of those myself on my end of the globe or try to fix
the one I have. Not had much luck with either.

Dennis Stiefel
Rainsville,AL,USA
72 Fastback
71 Stander Beetle
88 Golf
67 Ford F-100 (with Crown-Vic guts)
01 Ford Crown Victoria
10 Toyota Corolla (wife's car)   

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Herman
Elzerman
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 12:14 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Late type 3 clock wanted

Hi All,
I need a black face type 3 clock for my Fastback.
Must be 72/73 if I am right,
Please contact me on  pi-dss at mweb.co.za, as I am in South Africa.

Best Regards
Herman P.Elzerman
Sole Member
P.I.Marketing
& Retro Van
& Agent for
Powder-Lak
082 431 5722
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