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Bought a NOS clock about 20 years ago at spring Hershey, it has finally stopped working. Going to send it away to have it repaired. Is there any advantage to having it converted to electric.

I have a '40 Master Deluxe I am restoring and its' original clock and radio. Radio was gone through and it works great. All the components of the clock are there but was over-wound in the past. Brought it to a real expert clock repair who fixes auto clocks as well. Their comment was a good one..we can convert it or refit it with a new (non Chevy) battery powered mechanism but then the "value" of the original clock just became pretty worthless (if one is looking for originality). If I wanted a working clock then yeah conversion was a consideration but I left it. FWIW.....

Most likely will just need an oiling. Get on the net and google oiling a wind up clock. I would suspect a conversion would consist of removing the quality made in USA movement and replacing it with a cheap made in China movement.

Thanks for the heads up, cleaned out the movement with WD-40, clock works good again. The klutz that I am I knocked the minute hand off, did get it glued back in place though.

It is recommended not to use WD-40 on a clock movement.

Synthetic clock oil is what is used and the mechanism needs to cleaned of any dirt,dust and old oil residue first or you will be right back in there doing it again.

I used the WD-40 to clean the clock, didn't know any better. Did use a light synthetic oil used on sewing machines. Clock works fine on it's back but when I stand it up it stops after a couple of minutes. Running it on its back for now hoping to move the oil around.

I suggest that you take a REAL CLOSE look at the play in any of the gears, their shafts, and any wear in the shaft bearings. Maybe even using magnification.

When I opened up my '28 speedometer, I found that the shaft for one particular gear was able to shift side-to-side around .030 inch. When in one position, the gears turned without resistance. When in the 'shifted' position, there was interference with another gear.

I made a small, brass bracket to hold the shaft in the 'good' position and all is well.

Cheers, Dean

I finally decided to send my clock away to get repaired. Shipped it out on 3/16/15, company said once they receive the clock normal turnaround is 24 hours, I' am thinking yea sure. I received my clock today one week after I sent it and it went USPS from Fl. to Wi. and back. Clock works great, price was around $100.00 with shipping. www.clockwks.com