stravi757 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I am having trouble with my clocks. A while ago I started pulling a clock from a Z every time I went to the junkyard. Determined to find a working clock I kept trying different clocks over the past few months. None of them worked, Two of which were quartz. I know have I think 12 clocks, and none of them work. I know they are notorious for going bad, but 12 and no luck?!! So I had a perfectly good working Quartz clock which was replaced by my boost gauge some moons ago. I thought to myself, this one has to work, it was working perfectly when I took it out. Wrong, didn't work. So today I picked up another quartz clock, tried it...nothing. Is this even possible to have this many bad clocks. Am I not doing something right when I put them in, Do I need to hit them first or something. And yes, I checked to see if I was getting power at the plugs;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I am having trouble with my clocks. A while ago I started pulling a clock from a Z every time I went to the junkyard. Determined to find a working clock I kept trying different clocks over the past few months. None of them worked, Two of which were quartz. I know have I think 12 clocks, and none of them work. I know they are notorious for going bad, but 12 and no luck?!! So I had a perfectly good working Quartz clock which was replaced by my boost gauge some moons ago. I thought to myself, this one has to work, it was working perfectly when I took it out. Wrong, didn't work. So today I picked up another quartz clock, tried it...nothing. Is this even possible to have this many bad clocks. Am I not doing something right when I put them in, Do I need to hit them first or something. And yes, I checked to see if I was getting power at the plugs;-) I would be surprised if they worked a month after the car was sold. you could buy an autometer clock and just swap the guts over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftover z Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 My '77 has a working clock. "HEY, what are you looking at? GET away from my car!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S30TRBO Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Check out this guy, good rep in the Z Community. http://zclocks.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftover z Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 A "timely" answer. Tic toc tic toc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbk240z Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Try to remove the casing from the clock and clean all of the crap out from the inside. Then lube accordingly, I bet you will get more that one working this way. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrism Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I believe there is a capacitor in the clock. It's electrolitic. They tend to dry out over time and go bad. Try getting a replacement and see if that helps. Check out this link from classiczcars. http://classiczcars.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=23622&d=1212753644 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 The older 240Z mechanical clocks, can usually be cleaned up carefully, lubed, and made to work. Also, the 77 and 78 clocks are more reliable solid state. Ahem. Are you sure you have 12volts at the clock wires? Had to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mileski Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I got a clock out of a '78 280Z (one of the solid state ones), put it in my '71 240 about three years ago (it bolted right in) and it's worked flawlessly ever since. Mike Mileski Tucson, AZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draztik280 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I have a working Quartz clock in my 280z. The only problems is that the time is not accurate. It falls behind all the time. I set the clock at 5:30, 5 mins later, the clock only had moved 3 mins. Is there anyway that I could fix this problem? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texlenin Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Or you could do like I did and put one of these baby's in.... http://alanwatch.homestead.com/migclock.html Love it! Big and easy to read, trip/stop functions, needs no power(except a couple of twists to the stem winder every two days or so), mucho coolness. No, you don't need to run 27v to for any reason- that's for Angels 45 & -40c! No, it won't fit in the hole without some kind of adapter- my dash was already shot ta hell anyway. I just used a bigger hammer....and sickle. Oh, I crack myself up somedays.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauxre Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I believe there is a capacitor in the clock. It's electrolitic. They tend to dry out over time and go bad. Try getting a replacement and see if that helps. Check out this link from classiczcars. http://classiczcars....22&d=1212753644 Tried the link, but got clasiczcars error message. Is this the capacitor? If so, does anyone know the specs for it? My clock runs when I bypass this. Don't know if it's accurate, but the gears spin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 (edited) That is a resistor. Colored bands represent the ohm measurement. See a standardized resistor color/value chart. I don't see a capacitor in your pic. http://samengstrom.com/24614782/en/read/4_Band_Resistor_Color_Codes Edited July 6, 2011 by jasper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauxre Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Thanks Jasper, The resister seems to be all that's keeping it from running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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