How to repair the clock of my 1968 Parisienne

67Poncho · Uber Guru

How to repair the clock of my 1968 Parisienne

RogerB · Addicted!

Hi , I trying to repair the the clock of my 68 Parisienne and dont know where to begin ? Is there any clock Guru ready to share his knowledge ? thank you!

JC2+2 · Poncho Master!

I just set mine to 5:00 and left it. How does that song go - It's 5:00 somewhere.

crazyj · Poncho Master!

Howdy, I'll sell you this clock if your interested. Cost, small donation to CP.

Crazy J

RogerB · Addicted!

Thank's everyone for all the inputs. I'll try the wd40 solution and see. I'll check the coil and sand the contacts .

B-52 · Guru

I did the WD-40 trick on the 52's clock, I manually spun the clocks movements a full 12 hrs just after I sprayed it to make sure everything was cleaned up, its been working good and keeping proper time for a week now.

RogerB · Addicted!

Well, I proceed with the lub and I think there is a problem somewhere else.

As soon as put the voltage on, this clock acted like a stopwatch. the second hand is spining so fast , I can hardly see it. the minute and hour hands are turning fast too. an hour pass in a few seconds.LoL.

hdcolo · Veteran Member

. . I found that 9 times out of 10 all you need to do is open it up, gently clean the gears and shft areas and then lubricate with something very lite like WD 40. . Most often the problem is gunk on the shafts and tubes that lead out the second, minute and hour hands. .

66 Beau · Poncho Master!

RogerB wrote:
Well, I proceed with the lub and I think there is a problem somewhere else.
As soon as put the voltage on, this clock acted like a stopwatch. the second hand is spining so fast , I can hardly see it. the minute and hour hands are turning fast too. an hour pass in a few seconds.LoL.

Your car's not a DeLorean is it? You might need to adjust the flux capacitor.

RogerB · Addicted!

Yes, you're right.....maybe ..I should get in touch with Doc Brown. LOL

hdcolo · Veteran Member

. . I repaired two '66 Pontiac clocks. . Was simple. . They almost always stop just because they get dirty inside. . Just open up the back and spray with WD-40 or CRC-26. . Let sit a while and do it again. . Both of mine have been running ever since. .

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