[Hammarlund] Clock Repair

[Guido Santacana]

Here is the Youtube link to the video describing the 100W bulb
heating-oiling method for telechron rotor

repair.       https://youtu.be/8Xbyxqq0dM8



73s

Guido KP4FAR

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Rodger Singley <wq9nsc at live.com> wrote:

> The first time I saw this method described was in the “Mac’s Service Shop”
> column written by John Frye in the old Radio and Television News magazine.
> One important part he noted was be prepared to drop additional oil around
> the shaft or other access point in use as the clock cools because it will
> suck in a considerable amount of air and adding this additional oil will
> reduce the amount of heat/cool cycles you need to use to add sufficient
> oil.  I have used the method several times on various clock movements and
> it worked in all but one case; the one that didn’t work had a severely worn
> movement when I dissected it and the lesson from that is to lubricate the
> movements before it tries to run a long time without proper lubrication.
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> Rodger WQ9E
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> *From: *Guido Santacana <gsantacanav at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, October 12, 2016 9:56 PM
> *To: *Jim Pruitt <jpruitt67 at gmail.com>
> *Cc: *hammarlund at mailman.qth.net <Hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>; K3PID
> <Ron.K3PID at sbcglobal.net>
> *Subject: *Re: [Hammarlund] Clock Repair
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> The 100W method worked very well for me on the Telechron clock in my HQ100.
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> The movement was very noisy and erratic. Now I can hardly hear it. I used
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> Mobil synthetic oil (0W20). There is a video on Youtube showing how to do
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> it. Next is the rotor of my HQ180A clock.
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> 73s
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> Guido Santacana KP4FAR
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