Kitchen Table Doctor...How to Repair an Old Electric Clock
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- I lucked into this circa 1959 model 260 United Clock Company of Brooklyn, New
York banjo wall clock at a flea market several years ago for the princely sum of $4 or $5. It was stated as non-working, and I verified that recently when I plugged it in. Sometimes it is easy to get the old clock gear works moving again and what typically happens is that the mechanical gears and bearings get gummed up with old oil and instead of being a lubricant, the old oil becomes like a glue, eventually seizing the works. Here is a repair you might try. Thanks! - Розваги
Thank you Rosie, I followed your expert advice, and got my Gran's 1937 electric clock working again after many years. I couldn't find anyone to repair it, and this cost me just a few £'s to buy the can of lubricant, and then about half an hour or so to get it going again. Brilliant!
I am so happy Ian..hugs
I grew up in Brooklyn, NYC. I'm a hetero male and you Rosie, have brought "choo ching" in to my life. With much respect, you have my attention talking about "lubrication". Just teasing! ;-) You handled it well. Like they say in Brooklyn, "Your good people.". subbed. P.S. Great fix, your the bomb.
Rosie thank you. I am from Canada. I from the KLEENS-IT Industrial Strength Electrical Contact Cleaner at Princess Auto. For those people in Canada.
Cute video, and I'm really glad that you got it to work. If you want to do it right, then a disassembly, some new bushings, and a proper lubricant on the pivots (but NEVER the gear teeth) would be the way to go. For the home fixers at least I am glad that you point out NOT to use WD-40. I see this in so many clocks. It absolutely ruins them and makes a proper repair that much more difficult (because we have to clean everything first).
Very nice clock. I bought a late 1930s Westinghouse electric clock/appliance timer. I paid $30 for it. I'm not sure if I over paid or not but it's in great shape and it's a nice Art Deco piece.
Thanks for checking in Matthew..I love stuff from the 1930's!
Hi Rosie, love this video, but I can't see where you sprayed the cleaner. Did you shoot the gears or the round motor? My circular motor thing is pretty much sealed. Thank you in advance. You are the best:-)
nice clock nice job on that one question for you i got a clock it works good but the wheel that spins is loud and kinda stalls any ideas on that thanks
+Kyle Ryder you need to get some lube designed for clockworks, not stuff like wd-40
These old clocks were truly made to last, even the cheap ones. Even if things like this had plastic, it was good plastic that was made to last. I usually buy these old clocks non-working, I clean them, oil them, and they are now being used everyday.
I forgot to ad that these vintage clocks are really the only ones I use.
Hi Rosie,so nice to see a girl who can fix a few things. I bought an old 1950's advertising clock for 10 bucks. It's a big plastic square shape in a metal frame which takes a couple of light bulbs in the back. I love it because it advertises a local long gone dairy but the hands are loose and just hang straight down. I got the sweep hand off, which is held on by a tiny nut. But I can't get the nut off which holds the two hands. I know that the shaft is probably turning inside an outer tube. But what can you do?
good question..use plenty of penetrating oil..if you have access to the clock face, can you try holding the shaft while you loosen the nut? A little PB blaster might do the trick!