RE: [Chrysler300] 300L clock

[Ryan Hill <ryan_hillc300@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's been a few years since I aquainted myself with the inner workings of the clocks in my '65 300's so my memmories are foggy......even for a 37 year old. I remember concluding after inspection that both clocks had shorted out basically from day one. It appeared to me (with limited knowledge) that a power wire which I remember being bare copper had touched the body of the clock and shorted out. I have yet to see one of these clocks actually working and figured it was a design flaw. I recall being able to wind it myself and it ran nicely until requiring a rewind. 
 
What could I have been looking at? Now I want to pull mine out and have a look to see if I can easily fix it? How do you calibrate them? Ryan Hill 
'65 300 2dr/ht
'68 Dodge Charger


To: hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx; mobydoug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: c300@xxxxxxxxxxx: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:02:00 -0800Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] 300L clock




I had some clock oil for our grandfather clock and used it to free up theaxles and pivot points on the clock from our '55 C-300. Any very light oilshould work. Then I connected the clock to a 6-Volt lantern battery for acouple of days to calibrate it. You would need a 12-Volt source, of course.I also cleaned the contact points, but the clockworks were stuck due toyears in storage. I used Q-tips and rubbing alcohol to clean the clockbearings of old lube and dirt first. It took a little coaxing to get thebalance spring to start oscillating--be very gentle with it.Some folks seemed to think the clock is a big drain on a battery. Idisagree, based on monitoring my lantern battery with a DVM over time. Nomeasurable drop.C-300'ly,Rich Barber1955 Chrysler C-300-----Original Message-----From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalf Of Ray JonesSent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:31 PMCc: Ray Jones; Chrysler300club BroadcastSubject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300L clockHi Doug;Here's how it works:There is a solenoid motor which "winds" the clock. It clicks, which is the solenoid pulling the arm up, and then the spring makes it "tick-tock" down to the bottom to be rewound.With it open, you should be able to follow this.Two things mainly keep it from working;The contacts at the bottom which apply the volts are corroded,and/or the slide is sticky and needs light lube on it.Installed, what you'll hear is the click when it reloads and probably not the winding down. This takes about 2 minutes to cycle.Ray"It's the fellowship that makes it a special event."Nifty neat stuff gonna be ahappening at the Spring Meet...Y'all gotta come and play with us! RayOn Jan 31, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Doug Mayer wrote:I have removed the clock from my 300L. Seemed a good thing to do inthe Maine mid-winter. After all, spring is coming, and we will beable to swim in the Eagle River in Wisconsin then, according to ourhost. Back to the clock. It doesn't work. But when connected tothe battery the little points that throw the fly wheel (or whateverthey do) work once. So the little motor knows what to do with DCvolts, I think.All the parts and pieces seem to be present. So what do I do toclean and oil the thing. What are the steps and what can I expect asI move through them. I know that this topic was on the server sometime ago, so I am hopeful that the clock fixers can respond.Thanks.300L ly,DougDoug Mayermobydoug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[Non-text portions of this message have been removed][Non-text portions of this message have been removed]To send a message to this group, send an email to:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx list server instructions, go tohttp://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htmFor archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/ Yahoo! Groups Links 






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