Re: servicing the clock on a 1951

Posted by Rich Bishop On 2011/5/23 20:15:00

Do you hear the flasher clicking when you activate the turn signal? Are your exterior indicators working?
Try taking a spare piece of wire (stripped on both ends) and hold one end to the bulb housing and the other to a known ground on the dash or underside. You should see the lamp blink if you have good ground. Is there any corrosion on the bulb socket or mounting hole? Just a bit of corrosion or paint, etc. will cause the bulb to not illuminate. If so, you could try rubbing the surface with a scotchbrite pad.

I had painted the inside of my cluster with white paint and a mist accumulated on the rear. Just a small buildup of paint removed the ground from the bulb socket and my indicators wouldn't light. After touching the socket with a ground wire and the other end of a ground wire to the unpainted area of the das where the botton of the cluster sits, there was illumination on the bulb. So I grabbed some scotch-brite and rubbed until the paint came off and the aluminum was shiny and voila! They once again worked!