Clock Repair on the '47

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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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