Clock Repair on the '47
 

The clock on my '47 was wound up tight an has never worked, so I thought let's see what's going on here.


I went to the "Search" function here on the Barn and found some great posts on the Model A (1928-32) site.


Kurt in NJ suggested soaking the "works" in WD-40. I did that, released the spring tension, and Eureka....she started to tick.


Forddan responded to my happy post that the WD will dry out and the clock will stop working again, so I got some fancy clock oil from Amazon and lubed all the shaft points. So far so good! Then with a follow call to Kyle at C&G, I got a new light socket and put everything back together.


From what I can determine, Ford went from wind-up to electric clocks sometime later in the model year, so think my '47 was an early production. Yes, the clock is kind of "cheap" as clocks go with only 24 hours per winding. But it's more important to me that the "original" thing now works!!


Thanks to all here who helped me.:)


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Re: Clock Repair on the '47
 

RKS That was an interesting post. My '46 Super Deluxe Coupe was built late in the year, and has an electric clock. I wonder if the trim level had a bearing on which type of clock was installed. I sent my clock to Bob's Speedometer in Michigan to get it fixed.

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Glad to hear you got it working! I'd just be worried about overwinding that old main spring. My '47 has the electric clock, it was only about $100 for clock works to get it working again and running on 12v.

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51woodie, I think you may have hit on my situation. My trim level is pretty standard...i.e. cloth/vinyl seats door panels etc. Thanks for the info on yours and how you got it fixed.

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I read somewhere that the electric clock will work just as well on 12 volts as they do on 6v. Can anyone substantiate that or dismiss it?

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Just for information's sake, I will state that I have owned 2 1951 Fords in my lifetime. The first, which I owned in the late fifties in high school, had a wind-up only (no electric) clock. The one I own now has an electric wind clock (the clock mechanism is still mechanical). I would have to believe that 1951 was not the only year when Ford supplied different clocks. Did they vary by model, by plant, or perhaps something else? I don't have that information.

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On my "48 I wasn't too worried about orininality so I took the guts out and put in a quartz clock movement. It works well and you can't tell it form the ouside.

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Was that hard to do?

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Not at all. As I recall I had to slightly enlarge the holes in the hands to fit the shafts on the quartz movement.