Re: Mike's 53 Clipper

Posted by Tobs On 2013/10/31 6:56:08

Clock cleaned and lubed, also ran it on a motorcycle battery for a while, and it seems to be working fine. The time between electric cycles is about 45 seconds. That is, the time between when the points close and wind the clock is ~45 sec. Anybody know if this is normal? I thought I read it was more like 2 min...I could also be over analysing here...
The odometer part of the New Old Stock speedo was frozen with old dried up grease. It took two nights of wd40, and some heating with a hir dryer, and now the whole mechanism turns freely. I would have been a litte bit upset if I broke my 'new' speedo on the first drive...
Still on the fince about painting the faces back to the original red. Good winter project I guess.