A common failure for automotive clocks is for their winder contacts to
"carbon up". It may be that when you're ratteling around you are sometimes
able to achieve a good contact. Clean the contackts with some fine
sandpaper or you're favorite method and see what happens. It's cheap so
worth a try.
>Thanks Jay,
>
>I checked it with a multimeter on saturday and it seems the whole thing is
>just a bit reluctant. The power is there but the clock just stops when the
>car isn't shaking around. When driving on our poor roads it keeps going
>fine, but when you start cruising on a freeway it will stop if the road is
>smooth enough for long enough.
>
>Anthony.
>
>
>>***** NOTES from Jay Laifman (JLAIFMAN (at) PNM) at 2/9/96 7:24a
>>I would check it with an ammeter. Just because it is not coming off the
>>key switch, doesn't mean that the wire doesn't ultimately get there
>>somewhere else. (Sorry if you understood this and that you meant "not
>>coming through the key" in the general sense).
>>
>>Jay
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Frank Marrone
marrone(at)wco.com
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