VW clock repair

[JLT]

I've got a working clock in my '71 bus, but it's not working well. It loses a half hour every week or so. I would sure like to keep it, so I'm asking the forum if anybody can recommend a person who's good at fixing them and cleaning them (the fact that it works at all, but just runs real slow, suggests that a good clean is all it might need).

Pjalou is the only one I know who was in the same boat, but his clock repair wizard passed away, so he's no help.

[dtrumbo]

I used these guys to fix the clock in my '79 Beetle. It works perfectly and I mean absolutely perfectly. I have to adjust the clock in my Beetle exactly twice a year. This is verified by my watch which I Yup, PDT and PST. It keeps perfect time without one adjustment the rest of the year. Give 'em a try.

http://www.nhspeedometer.com/

[poptop tom]

If its an actual period correct clock for your bus(68 to 72) and has the white back on it, there is a brass adjusting screw on the back. It may take you awhile to get the adjustment right. Hook it to 12 volts, while out of the bus, until you get it right. The other mdel clocks have no external adjusting screw and will probably need to be sent out.

[Amskeptic]

You can clean it yourself. My Squareback clock got sparingly shot with well-aimed drops of WD-40 and hand-spun in a reversing rotational manner to persuade the escape movement to get back with the program. You need to keep the face and hands away from any lubricant.
Colin

[JLT]

You can clean it yourself. My Squareback clock got sparingly shot with well-aimed drops of WD-40 and hand-spun in a reversing rotational manner to persuade the escape movement to get back with the program. You need to keep the face and hands away from any lubricant.
Colin

WD-40? Would that work as a lubricant for this purpose? I'd always been told that WD-40 ends up getting sticky, collecting dust, and eventually making things worse.

But I might give that ago when I get back from a trip this weekend.

[Amskeptic]

You can clean it yourself. My Squareback clock got sparingly shot with well-aimed drops of WD-40 and hand-spun in a reversing rotational manner to persuade the escape movement to get back with the program. You need to keep the face and hands away from any lubricant.
Colin

WD-40? Would that work as a lubricant for this purpose? I'd always been told that WD-40 ends up getting sticky, collecting dust, and eventually making things worse.

But I might give that ago when I get back from a trip this weekend.

Ham-handed drenchers get what they deserve. Light, cautious, alert, applicators know what time it is.
Colin