RE: Clock repair questions

["Gary H." <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good questions. I can't recall a Mopar magazine having an article on 
rebuilding clocks. Could have missed seeing it....

Maybe this applies to the melted rubber?

"Most manufacturers had the clock on the lighting system circuit which 
runs on a ten amp fuse. When a car is in storage or the battery becomes 
weak, there is not enough voltage to kick the relay open, but the 
battery still has a large amperage. This will burn the windings of most 
clocks out before blowing the fuse. The cure for this is to install a 
two amp quick-blow fuse and fuse holder in power feed to the clock so it 
runs on it's own circuit." -- 
http://www.mindspring.com/~dandmrestoration/clocks.htm

Gary H. 

Houston wrote:
> ...
> And, lastly, why does the rubber always melt around the mounting point 
> for  
> the power wire on the back of the clock (I've seen two clocks like 
> that)?   The 
> coil / relay thing looks good on mine, so I don't think the points  
> stuck 
> together and fried anything.  Would heat be transferred from the amp  
> gauge, 
> along the power wire, and into the clock?  Just curious about  that....  
> 


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