[64catdroptop]

Since tonight is probably the last night I'll have for a while to hang out in the shop, the wife was good enough to let me go and putter.

Being that sometimes I'm pretty cheap, I just couldn't pay the $75-$80 (or however much it is) for the conversion to a quartz movement to fix my clock. So I took one of the old factory dash clocks I had laying around and took the back off of it.

To make a long story short, I ended up cleaning it with brake cleaner (the movement) and then lubricating it with Tri-Flow, a teflon tri-lubricant in a spray can (kind of like WD40, but better). Hooked it to the battery I have in the shop and POOF! it worked. Leaving nothing to chance... I did the same thing to 6 other clocks I had in the shop (yes, I have a spare parts collection ). I fixed all 6 of them. They're in the shop right now, hooked up to the battery,ticking away.

So, before you spend good money for something you can fix for pennies.... what have you got to lose? If your factory dash clock is not working, give it a shot.

-r-