Dead Clock

[TeacherTim]

I bought my '95 last week and the clock on the dash doesn't work. I've done a search and several old posts came up, but none of them has a resolution...they all just ended. Is it safe to assume I need to replace my clock, or is there a fix? There is no activity on the clock at all...it's completely black. I pulled it out of the dash the other day and check the wiring..I did get 12volts on one of the wires in the harness.

Thanks for any info...

 

[ericwick19]

possibly a blown bulb?

 

[91MochaSHO]

You could try replacing the clock. I would check a junk yard. I believe the 94-95s have a vacuum florescent display as apposed to the backlit LCD clock used in previous years. So a burnt out light could not be it. Working in the electronics field, I know that sometimes with vacuum florescent displays, they slowly loose their ability to light. Overtime the gases escape/breakdown, and the display gets dimmer and dimmer. If the display is black, like it has a carbon coating. For some reason it recieved too much voltage. I would just pull one from a junk yard. Good luck...

 

[TeacherTim]

Thanks for the info guys. I put the head unit out of my contour in it for now (still works the cd player, etc) but it has a clock. It just freakin drives me crazy to not have a clock LOL.

I'll check the salvage yards.

 

[nothingtoseehere]

Is anuthing else in the cluster not lighting? If so check out your fuses...if everything else works, get a new clock...

 

[TeacherTim]

Got a clock today at a salvage yard ($4)...fixed it. Works perfectly...the dealer wanted $48 for the freakin thing. Now I can put my other head unit back in that matched my dash lights

Thanks for the help guys.