Are TR7 clocks all useless?

[macmattom]

<font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="2"><font color="blue">Now I have electricity (all 12V DC of it) running through my cables, I notice that 3 of the 4 clocks I have for the dashboard fail to function, and the fourth is "sporadic".

Are the clocks a known problem area or will they be kick-started when they've had a good dose of juice going into them? The sad thing for me is that the one that works is the grubbiest I own - typically!

Thanks for any help,

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[Red]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by macmattom</i>

<font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="2"><font color="blue">Are the clocks a known problem area</font id="blue"></font id="size2"></font id="Comic Sans MS"><hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

You could say that. [B)]

They might benefit from a bit of a cleanup and a light oiling, but they are fairly useless to be honest. The best I ever had out of mine was about two weeks uninterrupted use, and even then it was losing about five minutes a day.
This is why a lot of people junk them in favour of fitting oil pressure gauges.

If you really want a clock in there and working properly, then there is this option: http://www.smallscalerailway.com/tr7_clock.htm
Looks fiddly - I've got the bits together for this but haven't done the work yet, so I couldn't tell you how well it works.

Garry

1976 2.0 (soon to be 3.5!)FHC
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[jclay (RIP 2018)]

Clock repair.

http://www.smallscalerailway.com/tr7_clock.htm

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[FI Spyder]

My clock always works even after the car had been stored for seven years. There is a pendulum mechanism apparently that can get stuck on start up. That happened to me once when I had battery disconnected for service work. When I disconnected battery again and reconnected it worked again. Only happened the once. It is a few minutes fast every month or so.


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[busheytrader]

Mine still works after 29 years. Then again my fuel sender unit just started to play up so who knows......



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[Wayne S]

If I were you I would work on putting an oil pressure gauge in there instead. You can modify the module to take a TR4 oil pressure gauge which looks like it should have always been there.


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[jclay (RIP 2018)]

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[macmattom]

<font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="2"><font color="blue">I really like the idea of the oil pressure gauge, thanks guys. Does anybody know what type I need where and I could get one? Do Robsport or Rimmers or such places carry them and the "T" piece as standard items?

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[UKPhilTR7]

I have come across the same problem too recently, my clock has stopped working after 5 years (I know of). I was thinking of of taking it out and cleaning it up or even putting the oil pressure gauge in as it does look good.

[Underdog]

I have also been contemplating the oil gauge option. I'm afraid of it becoming a source of worry though. I had a motorhome that I installed a Stewart Warner Temperature gauge in. It tended to run warm no matter the modifications to the cooling system which were substancial $$$$. I spent a lot of driving time glancing at that gauge.[:(]



Jim Underwood
72 MGB BRG
80 TR8 Persian Aqua
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[PeterTR7V8]

A temp guage needs to be calibrated for the sender otherwise a high reading on the guage may just be a normal temperature. It is useful to use a thermo gun to get accurate readings from critical points on the engine (particularly where the sender is, obviously) & get definitive temp readings to compare with the needle position on the guage.

Bu I have the same issue with my oil pressure gauge Underdog. It is nothing but a source of worry. Despite the fact it says everything is OK I keep waiting for it to tell me the engine is about to die.


Never say die. At least not while you're still breathing.

[tom bauer]

well, the clocks are easy to repair / modify and will keep good time when done. something else must be wrong with my car, the clock works, keeps good time and the fuel gauge shows full when full and empty when, well you know...............

tom

it's not how fast you go, it's how quickly you go fast

[lennorthall@btinternet.co]

I can vouch for the repair mentioned above. My clock stopped working and I assumed it was not possible to repair. I got the bits from Greg by post, fitted them as instructed and the clock has now been working for about 3 months. Well worth the effort.

[mb4tim]

mine works fine after all this time. But my 7 is pretty new. 1981.

-Tim
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