The cap replacement in later clocks is one of those cheap, great satisfaction repairs, especially since you get to see the results daily.
Jim Mahaffey (sp?) who is a long time MB guy at Georgia Tech (?) used to fix clocks - the mechanical ones, that is. I think I had him fix one of my 111 or 108 clocks, and it worked great. Dan --- On Sun, 1/9/11, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote: > From: Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Omega service across the universe > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Sunday, January 9, 2011, 9:51 AM > > you don't need no stinkin watch > cuz the clock in the 126 works! > > All of our MB clocks work. Except the tick-tock ones, > those > kick my ass. I'm in the middle of fixing another > Quartz for > the 115 (Frankenheap), another plastic axle pin > snapped. I > use a fine drill in a pin vise, and then a hot pin, to make > a > new axle nub. Seems to work. I oiled the last > clock, which > broke the same axle, it slows down when it gets cold > enough. > This one I'm leaving alone except for the axle. > > Almost all of the newer ones fail due to bad capacitors. > A pretty easy and cheap fix. I find that a working > clock > adds mightily to my enjoyment of the car. > > -- Jim > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
