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72 clock malfuntion
I have no history on the function of the clock. But, with power to car, the clock doesn't work. It has a good fuse. Are these clocks notorious for not working over time? Are they fixable If bad? Or where should I look. I haven't looked under dash for a wire.
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They are notorious for not working. Especially after 47 years. Do a search in any tech section for “clock” - this one or ‘70 - ‘73 Firebird. Quartz conversion is most common, but there are things you can do if talented enough to try to get the original going. I’ve done the conversions because that is a longer term fix.
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took my dead clock apart and cleaned everything including the contacts. oiled it up bench tested it for a week. Put it back in and less than a yr later it quit again. I wanted the "sound" the old clocks make. Now im going to do the quartz conversion and be done with it.
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The old brass gear car clocks from the 1960s and 1970s never work. Those were made inexpensively and use a 12 volt electromagnetic winder that engages to "wind" every 70 or 75 seconds. Very trouble prone after many years.
Those clocks all have a distinctive stutter-step to their second hand that some people really like but a new quartz movement is really the best fix. An A body clock is not too hard to remove from the dash but when you get into one of those 2nd Gen trans am clocks, those are a bear to access!!!
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Where do you find the quartz replacements?
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quick google search https://www.clocksandgauges.com/quartz-conversion.html
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