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gearheadbill · 12-11-2017, 10:42 PM

How does the winding of a 1940 non-electric clock work; i.e. like a watch, twisting the stem back and forth, or one direction only. My clock will only twist one way unless the stem is pulled out to change the time. Thank you.

deuce_roadster · 12-11-2017, 10:52 PM

All of mine twist back and forth ratchet like. (I do have a 40 New Haven electric clock but I am afraid to hook it up to 6v even though it appears new.)

Ken/Alabama · 12-11-2017, 10:54 PM

I always wind mine in one direction but it will twist back and forth also.

gearheadbill · 12-11-2017, 10:59 PM

mine must not work. Twisting the stem does not produce an advancement of the hands.Thanks for the wisdom.

Ken/Alabama · 12-12-2017, 12:23 AM

It may be fully wound and that's why your not able to turn the knob.

Lakewood · 12-12-2017, 06:54 AM

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The clock is most probably fully wound and the convolutions of the main spring are jammed tight against each other. If the spring lubricant (a grease) is old and sticky the spring won't release its stored power and therefore no tick and impossible to wind up further.
The winding knob in this case will only wind backwards with the ratchet...a useless motion.

19Fordy · 12-12-2017, 08:10 AM

deuce;
Wow! an electric clock. I understand that is just about the rarest and hardest
1940 Ford item to find.

deuce_roadster · 12-12-2017, 11:16 AM

Yeah, the guy I got if from was a 41 guy and thought he would put it in his 41. It looks pretty much identical on the outside of the glove box door but the inside retainer is different and the back side of the clock is round where the normal one is rectangular. A 40 Merc clock is electric and the back of it looks similar.
I think I read somewhere that the dealer had to write a letter to the Newhaven clock company to request one. If you PM me with your em address I can send you some pictures of it. I will also add them to my 40 wagon public album.

deuce_roadster · 12-12-2017, 12:17 PM

Gearheadbill, if you take the clock to any good clock repair shop they can clean it with ultrasound and re lube it and it will probably work fine. My late brother graduated from the clock and watch repair school at North Seattle Community College and had his own shop for years, and did that to all my regular wind clocks. The inside looks very much like an old Big Ben alarm clock.

hotrodart · 12-12-2017, 03:29 PM

I got an NOS clock for my '40 about 25 years ago at Carlisle....was $90 and still works OK. Winds like a watch.

12-11-2017, 10:42 PM	#1
gearheadbill Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Snohomish, WA Posts: 401	1940 clock questions How does the winding of a 1940 non-electric clock work; i.e. like a watch, twisting the stem back and forth, or one direction only. My clock will only twist one way unless the stem is pulled out to change the time. Thank you.

12-11-2017, 10:52 PM	#2
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 3,800	Re: 1940 clock questions All of mine twist back and forth ratchet like. (I do have a 40 New Haven electric clock but I am afraid to hook it up to 6v even though it appears new.)

12-11-2017, 10:54 PM	#3
Ken/Alabama Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,261	Re: 1940 clock questions I always wind mine in one direction but it will twist back and forth also.

12-11-2017, 10:59 PM	#4
gearheadbill Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Snohomish, WA Posts: 401	Re: 1940 clock questions mine must not work. Twisting the stem does not produce an advancement of the hands.Thanks for the wisdom.

12-12-2017, 12:23 AM	#5
Ken/Alabama Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,261	Re: 1940 clock questions It may be fully wound and that's why your not able to turn the knob.

12-12-2017, 06:54 AM	#6
Lakewood Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Parkinson 4115 QLD Australia Posts: 15	Re: 1940 clock questions Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) The clock is most probably fully wound and the convolutions of the main spring are jammed tight against each other. If the spring lubricant (a grease) is old and sticky the spring won't release its stored power and therefore no tick and impossible to wind up further. The winding knob in this case will only wind backwards with the ratchet...a useless motion.

12-12-2017, 08:10 AM	#7
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 10,950	Re: 1940 clock questions deuce; Wow! an electric clock. I understand that is just about the rarest and hardest 1940 Ford item to find. Last edited by 19Fordy; 12-12-2017 at 09:26 AM.

12-12-2017, 11:16 AM	#8
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 3,800	Re: 1940 clock questions Yeah, the guy I got if from was a 41 guy and thought he would put it in his 41. It looks pretty much identical on the outside of the glove box door but the inside retainer is different and the back side of the clock is round where the normal one is rectangular. A 40 Merc clock is electric and the back of it looks similar. I think I read somewhere that the dealer had to write a letter to the Newhaven clock company to request one. If you PM me with your em address I can send you some pictures of it. I will also add them to my 40 wagon public album. Last edited by deuce_roadster; 12-12-2017 at 11:48 AM.

12-12-2017, 12:17 PM	#9
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 3,800	Re: 1940 clock questions Gearheadbill, if you take the clock to any good clock repair shop they can clean it with ultrasound and re lube it and it will probably work fine. My late brother graduated from the clock and watch repair school at North Seattle Community College and had his own shop for years, and did that to all my regular wind clocks. The inside looks very much like an old Big Ben alarm clock.

12-12-2017, 03:29 PM	#10
hotrodart Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Shenandoah Valley Virginia Posts: 220	Re: 1940 clock questions I got an NOS clock for my '40 about 25 years ago at Carlisle....was $90 and still works OK. Winds like a watch.