Yeah, the hand repaint is a good idea... What vendor paint did you use? I expect that you'd sort of mask the plastic head to keep it clean?
Soldering isn't any issue, as I've a 7w iron and hands (just barely) steady enough to use it for some SMD work... but keep that RoHS "solder" (crap) away from me (you can pry my 63/37 from the clutches of my cold dead hands!) -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Jul 13, 2014, at 16:21, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote: >> Anyhow after replacing it, the clock is kaput. >> Electrolytic caps? How gnarly of a job is it? > > The worst part is getting the hands off of the clock, IIRC. > Two spoons, used as levers. (Bowls as fulcra.) This should > help avoid breaking things. You can take this opportunity > to repaint the needles if they're faded. IIRC a good color > match is "tangerine". This assumes you can solder without > killing things, but as soldering goes it's a pretty easy one. > > -- Jim > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
