[W126 Coupe] clock problem

[David Fatovic]

I hope your wife doesn't read the list!  She might be
offended that you are using the same stuff on two
"ladies".

David

--- Robert Karl Stonjek <rstonjek at bigpond.net.au>
wrote:

> Markus,
> When I got my 560 the clock worked only
> intermittently.  It turned out to be the plastic
> adjustment mechanism - it didn't retract properly
> after adjusting the clock, which I did every time I
> had inspected the mechanism and reassembled the
> cluster!!
> 
> The clock actually worked fine, but when it had to
> drive the plastic adjustment mechanism as well it
> stopped.  And then a bit of extra vibration might
> make the adjuster retract and off the clock would go
> again, until I noticed that it was going and
> adjusted it.
> 
> Repair is embarrassingly simple - just remove the
> plastic bits and give them a clean, then reassemble
> with a drop of or two of lubricant - anything that
> would be good enough for any other lady - KY or baby
> oil.  Check the mechanism and away she goes.  My has
> been running flawlessly since I did the repair 9
> months ago!!
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
>       Hi gang,
> 
>       I'm hoping someone can give some suggestions
> on what to do with a clock problem I'm having. Last
> year it was acting up, so on Dick's suggestion, I
> sent it to the Benz store in Georgia (after
> unsuccessfully trying to put in new capacitors
> myself) and got a rebuilt one. Worked fine until
> last month when it suddenly just stopped working.
> Fuse #2 which says clock also works other items that
> are working, so I'm assuming its not as simple as
> that. Right now, I have the cluster pulled out
> enough so that I could take the power wire off the
> old clock and attached just that to the new clock,
> and its not moving. So, I'm assuming that power wire
> is bad? 
> 
>       1) How can I check if the wire is "live" or
> has power?
>       2) How can I check the clock by itself. I know
> hook it up to a 12V battery, but how - where do the
> red and black wires go to from the battery to the
> clock?
> 
>       Other ideas on what to check for? Anything
> obvious I'm just missing? Everything else in the
> cluster, including the tach, work just fine.
> 
>       Thanks,
>       Markus
> 
>       Markus Meyer
>       484-919-9762 (cell)
>       http://www.meyerprobateproperties.com/
>      
> 
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