I hadn't bothered about the clock because they never work and the videos repairing them or replacing the insides look like a nightmare. I have had to pull the dash out (yet again, for something else) so I thought I would pull the clock out and take a peek. I hooked up to 12v, nothing happened. With nothing to lose, I blasted the works with contact cleaner, moved things back and forth. Then teeny bits of WD40. After that, wIth 12v on, it seemed to want to rotate so I kept rotating, wiggling and lubricating - it now works - I have been running it on the bench and adjusted the time slow/fast. A miracle

 

You can see you have serviced that clock. Those pin clocks are a PITA.

Good for you!

 

Im not entirely sure a clock maker would call it a service - would cringe!!! But it works.

 

I sent mine to www.jaguarclock.com to make it dependable. Mike Eck does a reversible modification in case you want to go back to non-working "originality".

 

The OP lives in Australia. I'm sure someone there does it. I would ask Shannons or one of the local Jag Clubs.

 

https://www.clocks4classics.com/

Clocks4classics sell a repair kit and post worldwide. The website has some pages of advice. With some effort and help from the web, you could make your own kit or arrange a quartz movement to fit on the back of the existing face and hands. The final alternative is to decide on your favourite time of the day, set the clock on that, and look forward to it reading the exact time once every 12 hours.

 

Michael's fix is not that far off what old time clock makers/repairers did on old mechanical movements.
In 1963 I spent a couple of months in the Department of Civil Aviation instrument repair shop in Brisbane, Australia.
I had just completed my 5 year apprenticeship as a radio/radar technician.
I was operating a pantographic engraving machine to try and catch up on the engraved light bezels we needed for control tower consoles.
There were a couple of qualified watch and clock repair people in the staff and they showed me how they went about repairing old clocks.
Basically suspend the clock over a glass jar with the face and hands held clear on popsicle sticks or similar.
Fill the jar with shellite or white spirit with sufficient to cover the movement but not the face and hands.
Leave for 24 hours. Then remove and blow clean with very low pressure similar to the power of human breath.
They would then "run the movement" to see what the problem was (if any)
90% of the time there was no mechanical problem and they would then use a fine brush dipped in light oil to lubricate the jewels (pivots) and return the clock to service..
I have used this technique many times on Jag instrument repairs.

 

Bill, I've heard that description from an old clock maker. They'd often do the run down check with the balance removed. He liked to call the white spirit clockmaker's fluid or something like that; it gave the process a touch of mystery.

 

Thats a great story Bruce!! Im a Mechanical Engineer, not a watchmaker sort of genius with patience!! I just got my speedo to work with similar method. I guess 15yrs of the car sitting doesnt help mechanisms binding up.

 

Excellent!

 

Glad you got things working! A word of caution: Clock repair people hate WD-40 as it will eventually "dry" to a gummy residue that will slow/stop the mechanism. A dedicated lubricant is preferable:

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