Replacing Clock Glass

mdrburchette · Post by **mdrburchette** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:44 am

Poor Mike. His brain freezes 6 months out of the year.

Still, I'd like to have a clock that actually works.

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:56 am

ill send you a working clock with the manifold today. it will need a replacement lens though.

mbouse · Post by **mbouse** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:18 pm

The '78 goes into hybernation next week. The '80 goes by the end of the month.

THEN I get to work on the Triumph....

My brain may be frozen, buy my wrenches still work.

TURN THE T.V. OFF Go wrench something!!

bandit · Post by **bandit** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:21 pm

wow so many posts for a clock lens we must be bored ! hehe

Daniel

mdrburchette · Post by **mdrburchette** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:11 pm

Thanks Rey. I've had a clock lens in my desk for 3 years now, but every clock I get doesn't work.

Bored?...unlikely. Talking about clocks gives us a chance to unwind.

HOLLYWOODSPIDER · Post by **HOLLYWOODSPIDER** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:43 pm

I replaced it with a cassette case. I have plenty of tapes to go with the vintage Kenwood cassette deck I bought off of ebay. I cut, shaped and drilled it with my Dremel. I broke the first one polishing it after I was done, but it only took me a few minutes to make another one.

It looks great except for the fact that the hands are brilliant white and make the slightly ivoried needles on my other guages look old by comparison.

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:19 pm

I see the next step coming; removing all of the lens and brightening the needles!

Spyderbuddy · Post by **Spyderbuddy** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:20 pm

how do you brighten the needles (lol)
how about we replace the bulbs

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:31 pm

if you've got extra $ lying around, swap the cluster bulbs for led's. They're much brighter and last longer than the incadescent bulbs. But they're pricey

bandit · Post by **bandit** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:22 am

Do they have them for our spider bulbs Mark ? I've never check
that before . I just used the LED Tail light bulbs to help reduce
current draw and hoped for brighter brake lights they weren't
brighter but work well as a parking lights .

LED are so cool no heat very little power use and last forever
the next wave of flat screen TVs is going to be LED powered
i can't wait to see them !

Daniel

Spyderbuddy · Post by **Spyderbuddy** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:10 am

whats the number for the leds

mbouse · Post by **mbouse** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:23 pm

wouldn't it be quicker to paint the hands of the clock an ivory?

Mark_vaughn · Post by **Mark_vaughn** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:03 pm

I just finnished changing my clock glass with Lexan plastic. It is about the same thickness as what is there, and you don't have to worry about it breaking while making it or afterwards, the stuff is VERY tough.

The hardest part is taking the black ring off without tearing it up. To put it back on I ended up filing it down so it almost slipped back in place instead of clamping around the clock. Then I dabbed some glue around it to make sure it didnt move. There may be a better way, but it was my first and last time I hope.

A dremel tool makes the whole thing much easier.

spidernut · Post by **spidernut** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:59 am

Hey, doesn't that make it a bullet proof clock?

donerehart · Post by **donerehart** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:37 pm

This post inspired me to try to cut a clock lens out of a cd case... So, here are the before and after pics. My clock is now the clearest of all my gauge faces...
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5182/562 ... 21ff7d.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5265/562 ... d4a014.jpg

Thanks for the creative idea! It actually worked!

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