[T3] I think you're gonna like this picture!

[Jim Adney]

On 16 Feb 2013 at 14:46, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/16/2013 , jadney at vwtype3.org writes: 

> How did you get the original hands off the old clock  shaft?
>  
> I snipped the minute hand shaft, then I was able to work it off. The hour  
> hand was removed after the minute hand was removed. I then shaped the clock  
> kit's minute hand like the OE minute hand, and super glued them together. 
> This  was mostly because the clock kit uses a rounded rectangle shaped 
> opening, and  by the time you get the OE minute hand off, it'll have a round hole, 
> that  won't lock in place. A small knurled nut holds it in place. The hour 
> hand  fits the clock kit like it was made for it.  

Okay, I think I get the picture. I'll try it on a "hulk" first. ;-)

> I used a "long shaft" clock kit from Walmart (4.99) to do my conversions  
> with. I added a 3/8-16 nut for a spacer, to help set the depth of the  
> mechanism, and clear the clock face with the minute hand. You do have to open  the 
> holes in the housing, back face, and tin cover to get it to work. It  
> doesn't need much, but a little more for it to all fit.

Looking on the web, particularly at klockit.com, I don't find 
anything listed as "long shaft." Did that refer to the length of the 
threaded bushing, or to how far the hand shafts extended out past the 
end of the threaded bushing?

I think I could make a very small buck converter that would step the 
car voltage down to 1.5 V with little extra power consumption. I 
think this could be done in the space of an AA or N battery (which is 
I'm what they all use.)

I'm also wondering if a radio controlled clock (automatic setting via 
NIST radio) would work under our dash. These units sell for ~$10 
more.

> Here's a link to the pics.

> (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_id=1914547476&start=20) 

I'm afraid that didn't get me anywhere, but I found your thread, 
without photos, when I did a google search on long shaft clock kit.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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