Re: Mike's 53 Clipper

Posted by Tobs On 2013/10/29 7:32:31

Thanks Gerd, Yeah "project creep" is something serious here. Well, at least I got to drive the car for about 10 years before this restoration.
I purchased some finemechanic cleaner and oil at the local 'hagebaumarkt' (home depot type place) and used the cleaner last night. The clock runs fine when I wind it by hand. I will perhaps give it a second clean with WD40, and the use some of the 'fine mechanic oil' Also have to see if I can get a 'kontaktfeile' (contact file) at conrad and dress the contacts. Then I'll make a test run with my motorcycle battery and see if the electric part of the winding mehanism is ok.
The kmh Speedo that I got has 0.5 km on the odo, which looks like NOS. The problem is that the rotating part that attaches to the speedo cable only goes 1/3 of a turn and then sticks...Somebody already worked on it with pliers. I can see the witness marks on the brass(?) ring on the back of the speedo....I sprayed some of my fine mechanic cleaner on the mechanism and tried to loosen it up and let it sit overnight. The mile speedo that I had in the car spins freely, so I assume this is the proper function....Hope I can get it freed up.

About painting the gauge faces and complete dis-assembly that would be required....Do the needles just pop off the gauges?