Re: [MBZ] clocks?
> > well, it used to work pretty good > I was impressed that the clock worked so well > sad to see it fade away in its old age It is likely that a cheap capacitor replacement will fix it. It's just a real pain to get to the capacitor! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I have a W115 quartz clock that's just collecting dust on the shelf. It's yours if you want another one to play with. "Ran when parked" :-) On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 10:40 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Jim Mahaffey of the MBCA used to repair clocks. Not sure he is still in > the business. > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 11:15 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > It is quartz > > > > > > You have to un-crimp the chromed front bezel to get the clock apart. Not > > Fun, > > not if you want to do it cleanly enough to get it back together again > > afterwards. > > > > The clock is not a ticker, like all modern quartz clocks. It uses an > > oscillator > > to drive an old-fashioned synchronous wall–clock (plug-in) mechanism. > More > > mechanical motion and wear, and more energy used. Works pretty good, > > though. > > > > -- Jim > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] clocks?
Jim Mahaffey of the MBCA used to repair clocks. Not sure he is still in the business. On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 11:15 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > It is quartz > > > You have to un-crimp the chromed front bezel to get the clock apart. Not > Fun, > not if you want to do it cleanly enough to get it back together again > afterwards. > > The clock is not a ticker, like all modern quartz clocks. It uses an > oscillator > to drive an old-fashioned synchronous wall–clock (plug-in) mechanism. More > mechanical motion and wear, and more energy used. Works pretty good, > though. > > -- Jim > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] clocks?
> > It is quartz You have to un-crimp the chromed front bezel to get the clock apart. Not Fun, not if you want to do it cleanly enough to get it back together again afterwards. The clock is not a ticker, like all modern quartz clocks. It uses an oscillator to drive an old-fashioned synchronous wall–clock (plug-in) mechanism. More mechanical motion and wear, and more energy used. Works pretty good, though. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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On 01/08/2018 11:56 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: Quartz, or tick-tock? They are _very_ different inside. The quartz 114/115 clocks are a nightmare to open up. -- Jim ___ It is quartz RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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You are failing to consider that your garage might be involved in a temporal discontinuity --R Sent from iPhone > On Aug 1, 2018, at 2:33 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > >What do we know about old Mercedes clocks? The one in my 115 300D worked > flawlessly until this summer. I never had to reset it. It would sit in the > garage all winter and be right on time come spring. Now, it will not hold the > time at all. Seems to be getting worse. It would be out by 5 minutes or so > earlier this summer. Today, it is out by hours. > > Do I remember some info from a while back that suggests the capacitors give > out and can be replaced? > > RB > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Quartz, or tick-tock? They are _very_ different inside. The quartz 114/115 clocks are a nightmare to open up. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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The one in my 220D was less accurate as time went on. I needed to synch it by 10 minutes each week. The capacitors can bee swapped out, which may handle the timing issue. There also seemed to be a gearing issue, where it was skipping a tooth clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > On Aug 1, 2018, at 11:33 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > >What do we know about old Mercedes clocks? The one in my 115 300D worked > flawlessly until this summer. I never had to reset it. It would sit in the > garage all winter and be right on time come spring. Now, it will not hold the > time at all. Seems to be getting worse. It would be out by 5 minutes or so > earlier this summer. Today, it is out by hours. > > Do I remember some info from a while back that suggests the capacitors give > out and can be replaced? > > RB > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Yes and yes. I've never seen/done a 115 but I repaired the clock in my '83 240D back in 2003 when I first got it. It still worked fine when I junked the car in, geez I forget now, 2010? -Curt On Wednesday, August 1, 2018, 2:33:50 PM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: What do we know about old Mercedes clocks? The one in my 115 300D worked flawlessly until this summer. I never had to reset it. It would sit in the garage all winter and be right on time come spring. Now, it will not hold the time at all. Seems to be getting worse. It would be out by 5 minutes or so earlier this summer. Today, it is out by hours. Do I remember some info from a while back that suggests the capacitors give out and can be replaced? RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] clocks?
What do we know about old Mercedes clocks? The one in my 115 300D worked flawlessly until this summer. I never had to reset it. It would sit in the garage all winter and be right on time come spring. Now, it will not hold the time at all. Seems to be getting worse. It would be out by 5 minutes or so earlier this summer. Today, it is out by hours. Do I remember some info from a while back that suggests the capacitors give out and can be replaced? RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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All the rest of you guys need to be like us in AZ and never have to reset yer time since we never move our clocks... Sundials RLE ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
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And tomorrow at sunup the sun is due east and tomorrow at sunset it is due west, so you can calibrate your timepiece. It might also be fun to get naked and do some sort of dancing and singing at sunup, party all day, and then do something debauched at sunset. --R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the rest of you guys need to be like us in AZ and never have to reset yer time since we never move our clocks... Sundials RLE
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Or party all night tonight, dance at sunup, sleep all day, dance again at sundown and party all night after. Harder to do. On 3/19/07, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And tomorrow at sunup the sun is due east and tomorrow at sunset it is due west, so you can calibrate your timepiece. It might also be fun to get naked and do some sort of dancing and singing at sunup, party all day, and then do something debauched at sunset. --R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the rest of you guys need to be like us in AZ and never have to reset yer time since we never move our clocks... Sundials RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD, '95 E300D
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Rich Thomas wrote: And tomorrow at sunup the sun is due east and tomorrow at sunset it is due west, so you can calibrate your timepiece. You live on the Equator? Mitch.
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Kinda like shift work... Bob R - Original Message - From: Hans Neureiter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Clocks Or party all night tonight, dance at sunup, sleep all day, dance again at sundown and party all night after. Harder to do. On 3/19/07, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And tomorrow at sunup the sun is due east and tomorrow at sunset it is due west, so you can calibrate your timepiece. It might also be fun to get naked and do some sort of dancing and singing at sunup, party all day, and then do something debauched at sunset. --R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the rest of you guys need to be like us in AZ and never have to reset yer time since we never move our clocks... Sundials RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD, '95 E300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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DUH. Good point. No, but pretty far south in the US. You can still do the other stuff though. I guess you could also use your sundial to determine your latitude tomorrow, with a bit of trigonometry. --R Mitch Haley wrote: Rich Thomas wrote: And tomorrow at sunup the sun is due east and tomorrow at sunset it is due west, so you can calibrate your timepiece. You live on the Equator? Mitch.
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I don't think I could handle all that other stuff, but call us at sunset ... BillR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 5:25 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Clocks And tomorrow at sunup the sun is due east and tomorrow at sunset it is due west, so you can calibrate your timepiece. It might also be fun to get naked and do some sort of dancing and singing at sunup, party all day, and then do something debauched at sunset. --R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the rest of you guys need to be like us in AZ and never have to reset yer time since we never move our clocks... Sundials RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
