clock

[bjorn]

Craig, Since most of us have installed a master switch I assume that means if you want the clock to run with any kind of regularity you need a bypass from the battery to the clock? Bjorn

--- In mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com, seabrook@... wrote: > > Michael & Group, > I personally do not repair the TC electric clock that is held onto the > tachometer with two machine screws. I send the clocks to Hal Kramer in > MA for repair. He does an excellent job of repairing the clock as > original. We restore the balance of the instruments. Hal can be > reached at: HKramer@... > Remember, as cast in the back plate of all TC clocks: "SETTING HANDS > STARTS MOVEMENT". If you disconnect the battery, the clock will not > start by itself. > > Craig Seabrook > Whitworth Shop > Novelty, OH > TC/0911 > > > > > > > > > > Jo, > > > > > > > > Craig Seabrook repairs clocks as per his November 2010 catalog. Also check > > out this site: > > > > > > > > http://jaguarclock.com/ > > > > > > > > Michael DeRentz > > > > Broomall PA > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "jose cohen" > > To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:17:44 PM > > Subject: [mg-tabc] Re: clock > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi guys; > > It appears for what I read that on most of the TC's all the instruments > > work but the clock!! > > ( mine the same) Why is that? how does it work? is electric? is there a > > separate cable to it? can it be fix without removing the tachometer?how is > > the time set? > > Thanks for any info. > > Jo > > TC 4970 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >

[Arnold Parlee]

A friend of mine bought a small cheap ($.800 Canadian) Quartz clock, simply removed the actual quartz movement from it's mount and installed it in the tach. Looks close enough to the original and works like a charm. Arnold, TC0580, Vancouver Island, BC

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Michael DeRentz bjoerling@comcast.net>wrote: > ** > > > > > Jo, > > Craig Seabrook repairs clocks as per his November 2010 catalog. Also check > out this site: > > http://jaguarclock.com/ > > Michael DeRentz > > Broomall PA > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "jose cohen" josecohenmd@yahoo.com> > To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:17:44 PM > Subject: [mg-tabc] Re: clock > > > > Hi guys; > It appears for what I read that on most of the TC's all the instruments > work but the clock!! > ( mine the same) Why is that? how does it work? is electric? is there a > separate cable to it? can it be fix without removing the tachometer?how is > the time set? > Thanks for any info. > Jo > TC 4970 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[brian hough]

Hi All I have repaired several clocks, the last two on my TC and Y Type both have worked non-stop for about 4 years since then. I did a write up about it in the Octagon Bulletin a little while back, it also included refurb of the YB speedo. You have to include a transistor drive to protect the balance wheel contact otherwise it gets eroded through arcing. If anyone is interested I could look out the Bulletin date or post the article on the site somewhere. Brian in sunny? Wales

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Arnold Parlee parleea@gmail.com> wrote: > A friend of mine bought a small cheap ($.800 Canadian) Quartz clock, simply > removed the actual quartz movement from it's mount and installed it in the > tach. Looks close enough to the original and works like a charm. > > Arnold, TC0580, Vancouver Island, BC > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Michael DeRentz bjoerling@comcast.net > >wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > Jo, > > > > Craig Seabrook repairs clocks as per his November 2010 catalog. Also > check > > out this site: > > > > http://jaguarclock.com/ > > > > Michael DeRentz > > > > Broomall PA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "jose cohen" josecohenmd@yahoo.com> > > To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:17:44 PM > > Subject: [mg-tabc] Re: clock > > > > > > > > Hi guys; > > It appears for what I read that on most of the TC's all the instruments > > work but the clock!! > > ( mine the same) Why is that? how does it work? is electric? is there a > > separate cable to it? can it be fix without removing the tachometer?how > is > > the time set? > > Thanks for any info. > > Jo > > TC 4970 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Michael DeRentz]

Brian, Yes, i'd be interested in seeing the article, thanks. It seems that the contact points are the culprit. Michael DeRentz Broomall PA

----- Original Message ----- Hi All I have repaired several clocks, the last two on my TC and Y Type both have worked non-stop for about 4 years since then. I did a write up about it in the Octagon Bulletin a little while back, it also included refurb of the YB speedo. You have to include a transistor drive to protect the balance wheel contact otherwise it gets eroded through arcing. If anyone is interested I could look out the Bulletin date or post the article on the site somewhere. Brian in sunny? Wales [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Arnold Parlee]

Very interesting Brian, I would be interested in your article, sounds like you found the culprit. Thanks. Arnold, TC0580, BC, Canada

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[brian hough]

Hi Benny and all I have asked Walter how I put my bit on clocks on the special files as this may be the best place for it. It was however as a follow up to previous articles which went into more circuit details and clock functions so further explanation may be required! Regards Brian [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Roger Furneaux]

hello Jose - all the info you could possibly need has been published in "The Sacred Octagon", the bi-monthly journal of the New England MG "T" Register. You can buy past issues or even better, a CD. The articles you need are: The Clock...A Definitive Description by Hal Kramer (June '92, pp. 38-40); More on Clocks by John Marks (Oct. '92, pp. 14-15); Cleaning the T-Series Clock by Blake Urban (April '02, pp. 29-32) I cannot recommend the TSO too highly - over the years mostly every subject has been covered in detail, much more than we can ever go into on the list (especially since we cannot post photos...). ocTagonally Roger TC0978 TC2365 Jose asked:

> Hi guys; > It appears for what I read that on most of the TC's all the instruments > work but the clock!! > ( mine the same) Why is that? how does it work? is electric? is there a > separate cable to it? can it be fix without removing the tachometer?how is > the time set? > Thanks for any info. > Jo > TC 4970

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[ROSS TAYLOR]

The clock on my TC worked about 40 years ago but not now. As I am retired I now have a calender stapled to the dashboard to enable me tell the time. Ross in Tea Gardens