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Offline korben

  • '66 DeVille convertible
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'66 DeVille clock questions
« on: March 06, 2010, 05:22:27 PM »
The clock in my DeVille doesn't work, does it run on a battery, or from the car battery?
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Offline Otto Skorzeny

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Re: '66 DeVille clock questions
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2010, 05:44:30 PM »
It runs off the car's battery.

I have found that when they cease working, it's usually just in need of a careful cleaning. Corrosion on the terminals and other parts can be cleaned up with emery cloth and air. You can camera cleaning brush and one of those air cans for cleaning  computers. Brush and blow the gunk and crud out of it. Use light oil sparingly - like 3 in 1 oil or sewing machine oil.
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Offline korben

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Re: '66 DeVille clock questions
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2010, 05:55:10 PM »
How difficult is it to remove usually?
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Offline Dave Shepherd

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Re: '66 DeVille clock questions
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2010, 10:43:28 AM »
Should turn out, counter clockwise, they are tight though.
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Alan Harris CLC#1513

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Re: '66 DeVille clock questions
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2010, 06:22:17 PM »
They don't twist out. They are held in place by an Allen screw under 6 o'clock. I forget the size.

Once you loosen the screw with an Allen wrench, they come out. Then you disconnect the wiring and remove.
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Offline 35-709

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Re: '66 DeVille clock questions
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2010, 06:30:24 PM »
Shop Manual to the rescue!

Clock Assembly --- Removal

1.  Disconnect negative cable at battery
2.  Loosen set screw securing clock housing to cluster bezel, using a 5/64 inch Allen wrench, Fig 15-3. (shows position of set screw beneath 6 o'clock as Alan pointed out)
3.  Carefully lift upward on bottom of clock housing to disengage upper retainer clip from locating slot in cluster bezel opening, then pull clock assembly straight out to remove.
4.  Disconnect clock feed wire and two clock dial bulb sockets from housing case, and remove clock assembly.

Gotta love those shop manuals!
Geoff N.
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Offline Otto Skorzeny

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Re: '66 DeVille clock questions
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2010, 07:41:09 PM »
Shop manual?
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Offline 35-709

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Re: '66 DeVille clock questions
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2010, 08:45:13 PM »
"Shop manual?"

 ;D  Don't leave home without it!
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1935 Cadillac Sedan
1973 Cadillac Caribou

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

Offline Dave Shepherd

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Re: '66 DeVille clock questions
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2010, 09:18:57 AM »
My bad on the r and i ,that was for 61-63!
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Offline 35-709

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Re: '66 DeVille clock questions
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2010, 09:24:58 AM »
My '60 came out that way too, '59 the same I imagine.
Geoff N.
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1935 Cadillac Sedan
1973 Cadillac Caribou

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.
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