Spechti
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- Joined
- Mar 8, 2011
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- Location
- Hamburg, Germany
- My Car
- 1971 Mustang Mach 1 (under restoration), 1973 Lincoln Mark IV (show boat)
I have restored and cleaned my 71 Mustang's clock, bench-tested it successfully for three days and after returning the precious into the cluster, it went up in smoke when connected to 12V again. It was a complete meltdown! Internals of the clock were fried. After disassembly I found the cause were sticking points.
The lucky part was, it was not yet installed in the freshly restored Mach 1. I stood next to it, saw the smoke and pulled the plug. Could have been desastrous and barbecue the whole car if it were already in!
Now I plan to remove the burned parts and install a quartz conversion kit. I have seen them for the Borg-made clocks in the 1970 Mustangs and other cars, but none for the 71-73. I guess the clock is made by another supplier, Westclox or General Time. Did anyone of you convert his clock to qartz? Can the kits for the Borg clocks be customized to run in our cars?
Michael
The lucky part was, it was not yet installed in the freshly restored Mach 1. I stood next to it, saw the smoke and pulled the plug. Could have been desastrous and barbecue the whole car if it were already in!
Now I plan to remove the burned parts and install a quartz conversion kit. I have seen them for the Borg-made clocks in the 1970 Mustangs and other cars, but none for the 71-73. I guess the clock is made by another supplier, Westclox or General Time. Did anyone of you convert his clock to qartz? Can the kits for the Borg clocks be customized to run in our cars?
Michael
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