brumby clock in dash

Joshamc · Post by **Joshamc** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:04 pm

Hi can anyone tell me if you can fix a clock thats stopped working in the dash of a brumby. Also i was thinking of maybe putting a tacho there instead but would like to fix the clock first.

Post by **TOONGA** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:20 pm

If you don't mind pulling your speedo console apart to repair the clock you may be able to get it to work again. I pulled a working clock out of my speedo and did this

see where the clock lived; it took about 2 hours all up, to get the speedo out, pull it apart, get the tacho to fit and put it all back together.

TOONGA

Joshamc · Post by **Joshamc** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:24 pm

Tacho looks sweet. Very tempting. I have a spare dash which i pulled the clock out of to have a look. What do i need to do to fix it though? nothing obvious standing out to me.

Post by **TOONGA** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:31 pm

An FBH then you replace the clock with a working one or a tacho

seriously there is a solder joint somewhere in the clock that breaks. if you can find it and solder it you can fix the clock.

TOONGA

555Ron · Post by **555Ron** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:33 pm

What's the gauge next to the fuses for?

Post by **TOONGA** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:36 pm

555Ron wrote:What's the gauge next to the fuses for?

Mechanical temp guage, I don't trust the one in the cluster as it is hooked up to an EJ sender.

TOONGA

Joshamc · Post by **Joshamc** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:36 pm

Um yeah dont like the sound of that i can just see myself stuffing it right up. (Hey darl i need a tacho for christmas) Dont know which has more chance of working really?

Joshamc · Post by **Joshamc** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:14 pm

hey TOONGA or anyone else what diameter was the tacho you put in did you have to cut anything to fit it?

Post by **TOONGA** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:39 pm

It is 52 mm

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-52mm-Car ... 3cc4c7655a

I removed the front bit of the tacho to make it fit, I didnt have to modify the cluster at all.

when I put it all back together it just sat in place.

TOONGA

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:01 am

Darn sight better result than mine when i tried to jamb in an L Series tacho over where the clock was. Many years ago I thought a clock in the dash of a car was seriously - a joke, ugly, waste of space. That was back when I wore a watch, and before I got a car with a clock - My Brumby !! Gonna miss that clock one day for sure ...52mm tacho eh ??

Gees I messed with that hard white plastic casing in the back of the cluster, was it with a die grinder ?