Hey Don,
Good luck with that. You obviusly have a steadier hand than I! Be sure and post your result, I bet it will look sharp. Chris.

That's interesting Corey, thanks for posting. I ordered some watch oil from Amazon as you suggested and will come up with a 6 volt source. I have a couple of old sets of guts that I canibalized to come up with my current clock and would like to learn what's involved in cleaning and lubricating. Are there a lot of oils points?? And I have seen folks post about 'filing the points' - are they obvious once one gets the works opened up??
And Don B - I was looking at your glass for your clock and it looks like someone 'cleaned' the glass too aggressively and erased the numbers; I was wondering if you took that to a decal joint along with a good picture of what the face should look like, if they couldn't make you an adhesive ivory decal that you could stick to the inside of the glass?? Just thinking it would give you a more accurate detail than if one were to try and paint it. Just a thought. Chris.

I emailed Instrument Services for a quote - see what they come back with. Chris.

Anybody ever have a quartz conversion done by Clock Works?? I was contemplating it with my Borg unit but elected t go with their standard service and refurb. Curious if it changed the look of the back of the clock much as that shows when the glove box is opened. I would think it to be the 'permanent fix' though as the electric iterations only seem to last 'so long'. Chris.

Had mine repaired and serviced there, Don and they did a great job. Chris.

Very interesting Guscha, thanks for posting. Chris.

Don, yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and if you find the 'gargoyle with dragon fins' visually appealing, God bless you. It's like the modern art where two large orange dots on white canvas are selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Somebody, somewhere finds beauty and 'art' in it, but it confounds me!

Is it just me, or is that '58 wagon not the ugliest concoction of sheet metal ever assembled?!?!? Try as I might, I cannot come up with any redeeming accolades for this abomnation and have to wonder if they had trouble even selling the 159 made!!! Chris.

Peter Packard,
THAT is exactly the information I was looking for! Thank you. Chris.

TxGoat,
I agree with all your points on the multiple posible contributors to 'running noise. My engine is newly rebuilt and I replaced the front motor mount you referenced during reassembly, along with recored rad, new water pump, belts and exhaust system. My floorboard sheet metal is in good shape although I could use some sealing putty on some of the firewall through holes. Overall, I have 'done my homework' and when I say I notice the engine to be 'screaming', I simply mean it is past that comfortable rumble of 50ish miles an hour where one can tell it's hardly working. At 60, it just sounds awful 'busy' and in not wanting to hurt it, I decided to look into the whole tach/redline business. I have run a lot of motors a lot of miles from dieslels to gas 4's, 6's and V8's and have always been attuned to listening closely to all the sounds a vehicle or vessel makes underway. I figure between hearing and smell, you can tell almost all you need to know re engine monitoring. Still, I watch gauges too and thus, the Tach/RPM query.
Chris.