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Is there a common fault with these clocks? If so is there an easy fix?



It's a 1988 1.6TD Syncro. Thanks.

Do you have the small digital clock in between speedo & tacho, or do you have the big analogue clock instead of a tacho?

It's the big analogue clock.

Check the red power supply cable from fuse 3 and the brown earth wire, otherwise it's been ticking away for 25 years it could just have packed up.

Thanks I'll have a look when I'm next home.

There is a thread on the site some wear? about repairing clocks. If your any good with a soldering iron have a go! I did and i'm a bit of a bodger and the clock now works lovely.

bigherb wrote:Check the red power supply cable from fuse 3 and the brown earth wire, otherwise it's been ticking away for 25 years it could just have packed up.

Hi mine doesn't work either just stopped one day,so by what you say above I take it the pcb strip is nothing to do with the working of the clock and its just powered up via wiring.Cheers bob

Just found the thread (Fix your analogue clock) Sorry don't know how to do a link to the page. I just put fix your analogue clock in the serch bar

Thank you!

Thanks for the link oldiebut goodie and after reading it i'm going to buy a watch and leave it in the van.Regards bob

Hey oldiebut goodie what about this then,no need to dismantle the instrument cluster OR buy a watch.Regards bob ( yeah the kids think i'm nuts as well )

Can never see the sense in tinkering with a dead clock other than singular satisfaction. They weren't that accurate to start with. Radio controlled clock on the dash is the way to go now, plus if its using AAs its not slowly depleting your car battery like these old analogue ones can. You could always stick a simple quartz clock mech through the back though They're so cheap now, they cost less than the battery to power them.

Mine started working after I reconnected a spare red wire hanging around underneath the radio to the red wire that feeds into the radio. The 'spare' red wire then runs to the terminal for the PCB.
It's kept pretty good time since then.

Mine appears to be accurate - have never needed to adjust it.