Round clock

[tvrmk363]

Does anyone have an idea what the donor vehicle is for the round clock on a 87 3501?
The adjusting knob on mine has been broke so short of disconnecting the battery till the time is right, I can't adjust it.

Charlie

[jon haines]

Do you have a picture of it? I managed to make an adjuster for the sqaure clock type after the same thing happened to me but ot sure if its the same as the round clock.

[Wedg1e]

Not off the top of my head but while we're on, I'm convinced my clock was fried by my Optimate (or similar) battery conditioner... both the clock and the Clifford alarm died on the same day while the Opti was doing its thing. I have heard it suggested (regarding Cliffords) that it's something to do with peak-voltage pulses that the conditioners use to tickle the battery cells and in the absence of any other reason for two previously-reliable bits of electronics to fail at the same time, it'll do
Now I disconnect the battery from the car while the conditioner's connected.

[RCK974X]

Don't know about the Opti in particular, but I do know many desulphators/reconditioners use a high voltage pulse setup, which can fry other things - ALWAYS disconnect the battery to be safe.

The DIY ones (I built one) do actually work to help a deeply discharged battery, and they do it by zapping the battery with high voltage pulses, which can reach as high as 300 volts (more than your house mains supply !) so NEVER use it near vehicle systems.

Later cars with Engine management systems are always connected to the battery, even with ignition switched off (they remember 'learned' parameters this way) - so such setups could fry your systems.....expensive mistake.....

[ElvisWedgely]

I'm not sure but an old Jaguar clock might fit. Something like item 381769293989 fleabay auction site. Also the old Smiths clock might fit also on the auction site but check the clock size though.

Tony. TCB.