Can anyone tell me who can fix an original Smith battery operated clock in a '68 e-type Jag. The clock reacts by moving when battery power is connected, but it does not move back and forth as a clock should. In short, it ticks but it doesn't tock. If anybody can fix it or replace it with an ariginal version I'd like to know.

Guy Sandoval
'68 XKE roadster

Submitted by NE52-32043 on Fri, 03/25/2005 - 12:17

Mike Eck repaired the clock for my '69 XKE OTS that I'm restoring. The mechanism was shot, and he was able to replace it with a modern, quartz movement. If the points are burned out on the clock, which sounds like your problem, Mike repairs them and installs a custom designed tiny computerized circuit board that reduces the voltage across the points so it would take 100 years for the points to burn out again (or something like that). He does nice work.

Steve Weinstein

Submitted by cleavefamily@c… on Thu, 03/24/2005 - 12:16

Guy,
There are two major instrument repair houses that work on these, one on the east coast, Nysongers (not sure of spelling) and one on the west caost, Palo Alto Speedometer. I had mine converted to a quartz movement, keeping the original face by Palo Alto Speedometer. The original movement may be repairable by either of these firms.
Stew Cleave
JOCO Chief Judge
'69 E-Type 2+2 and other LBC's