knackered clock
knackered clock
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watto

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66 posts

257 months

Friday 5th May 2006
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Strange one this. Since bringing my S2 from it's winter hibernation I have discovered the clock now only works when the engine is running! Completely dead when it is switched off. Wondered if anyone has any ideas. Read on other threads that removal is difficult so would like to solve the problem without having to take the dash to bits.

Thanks all.

tvrgit

8,489 posts

281 months

Friday 5th May 2006
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sounds like a duff earth, unless somehow the clock has managed to rewire itself to an ignition-controlled circuit instead of a premanent live.

jt

208 posts

252 months

Saturday 6th May 2006
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my clock was running slow and loosing time while the car wasn't running. Recently i realised the battery wasn't charged properly and since recharging the clock has begun to work properly (I had to replace the alternator). Has your battery gone flat over the winter?

jake

watto

Original Poster:

66 posts

257 months

Sunday 7th May 2006
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No, had it on trickle charge over the winter and been out for a couple of long runs since, so I think the battery is OK

Spurs 1961

23 posts

270 months

Sunday 7th May 2006
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Same on mine - I assumed a previous owner wired it that way to stop the battery discharging, even though it makes the clock pretty pointless