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 Posted: 03-30-2006 06:25 pm
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colinw59



Joined: 02-14-2006
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 My clock like yours was correct twice a day! I got a used one of Ebay that was not as advertised, it didn't work either. The seller took it back without a problem. I have an acquaintance, Don Day, who was very involved in JHs back in the day. He has a huge inventory of parts including 2 complete cars that have been in his garage for 20 years, with the intention of restoring them. Sound familiar? I gave him a wish list of odd bits I needed. So now I have a working clock.

This is not the point of the posting though! A friend of mine, JHPS member Matt Witmer, who also has a 74 JH and lives nearby, had similar clock problems. So he took out the stepping motor and replaced it with a quartz unit from a 9v battery operated clock. He ran the leads out of the back of the clock housing and runs it off a 9v battery, disconnecting it when he puts it in storage for the New England winter. Although I guess you could put a resistor in-line and run it straight off the car battery.