RE: [Chrysler300] 300L clock

["Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>]

Doug:

You are just a kid, so pay attention to your elder (by about 5 years).
You've had a good day helping a friend, so take a dram of ethanol-enhanced
libation with your hot tub and nighty-nite!  Next comes the nasty work of
taping and sanding the drywall joints.

I don't think it is good idea to slather the clock works-just use Q-Tips and
swab the bearing ends of the shafts and their jeweled bearings or sockets.
Use the canned air, but don't hit the delicate balance spring.  I'd use
lighter oil than 3-in-one.  Perhaps even WD-40 as it contains a little lube
along with the volatile naphtha.  Again, just a little dab will do ya.

A small ignition file or even crocus or emery cloth works fine on the
points-just remove any high or burnt spots and any oxidation.  Minilube the
winder arm pivot, also.  It sounds like your clock is just stuck, like mine
was.  Clean and lube it gently, then get the balance wheel oscillating with
a Q-tip or your finger-but it is delicate so take care.  If all else fails,
take it to a watch repair guy for a professional tuneup.

A Maine man may enjoy swimming in Wisconsin lakes in May, but not this
California guy.  Living in Houston and California has thinned my blood since
my formative years in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas.

Keep us posted.  It is always satisfying to get something working that was
not.

C-300'ly,
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA
1955 Chrysler C-300

________________________________________
From: Doug Mayer [mailto:mobydoug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 4:24 PM
To: Ray Jones
Cc: Ryan Hill; Rich Barber; 'Ray Jones'; 'Chrysler300club Broadcast'
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300L clock

Thanks for the information about my clock. Aside from dreaming of swimming
in Wisconsin in May, I spent the day hanging sheet rock with a friend on his
kitchen ceiling--with much of the kitchen in place. That led to some fatigue
and a swirl in whirlpool. I did pick the clock up to study it when I read
your emails, but this 65 year old is headed for the prone or
horizontal--whichever comes first.
But let me see if I've got it: 
To clean it, I slather it gently in rubbing alcohol? And then take a little
can of canned air and blow it dry, gently?
Then just the tiniest amount of 3-1 oil on the gear trains? Clean the
"points" on the winder mechanism with the tiniest file?

I know that the electrics work--there is a jolt when "points" join, and they
blow the winder open. I even know about how far.
So the issue is to get the fly wheel propelling and working the rest of the
mechanism?
I gather all this from what you all have written, for which I am
grateful--and typing fast before I go to s l eeeeeeee p.

If there are refinements or corrections please let me know, and I will check
them. In the mean time, I will dream about swimming in the Eagle
River--Carlton says it will be okay!!!!--at the meet in May in Wisconsin. 

300L ly,

Doug
On Jan 31, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Ray Jones wrote:


Ryan, Rich and all;
There's little draw as the clock is mechanical, and is wound electrically.
You can't "wind"it up. It runs 2 minutes and then takes a little 12 volt
jolt to rewind as in my original email. This, also, is from memories from
the 70's when I bought my "L"(34-5 years ago). I sent mine to something Hill
Clock in New England as I recall. It came back and ran for many years after
that. I've fixed several others since then, as I described.

To regulate it, you have to determine how much it gains or loses and then
adjust it. If it loses you turn the hands ahead 24 hours (I think) for each
minute it loses per day. If it gains, you turn it back 24 hours. My shop
manual has no info on how to regulate it, other than to pull out on the knob
and adjust one way or the other, and that seemed to be how to set it.

As to making it digital, if you're gonna have the radio changed to hi-tech,
see if they do clocks also and send it along.

Ray


On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Ryan Hill wrote:

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

Doug Mayer
mobydoug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx








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