How to fit a VW type 3 clock into a baywindow bezel

Discussion in 'Mech Tech' started by DUBious, Aug 10, 2011.

  1. How to fit a VW Type 3 clock into a bay window bezel

    Tools required / used by me :

    · Dremel (battery version)

    · 3mm solid carbide taper nosed burr

    · 12” steel rule

    · Screwdriver

    Parts required / used by me :

    · Clock

    · 2 L shaped brackets (fashioned from thin 1mm thick steel)

    · “O” ring bracket (I forget what they are called, they tighten with a screwdriver)

    Firstly, before you do anything, go grab the camera and a pen and paper..........now take the bezel screws out and “ease” the bezel housing the clocks forward to expose the wiring, then with care, lie this down upside down, as much as you can and take multiple pictures, supplement this with a diagram and note wire colours, I can’t stress enough how important that part is, so make sure its done.

    Now, disconnect all the wires (you have taken the pics right ?) and take the bezel out.

    You can see in this first picture that I am offering the clock to the housing from the front, its close, but no cigar, the same can be said from the rear.

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    Here is the clock taken apart and you see it is now missing the outer silver bezel, this is no longer required.

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    Here is the rear of the housing, it is this bezel / housing that you will need to cut back and thin to allow the clock to seat down flush with the front face.

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    Right, now note the inner “gray” wall of this clock, it is this area that you will “bed down” into the main housing.

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    On this picture, you can see the outer ring area, with webbing / strengthening ribs that attach the outer ring to the inner one, this outer ring needs to be removed as does the webbing, you need to cut this away down to level with the back of the housing.

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    The glass is removed to save scratching it, I will only need the glass in when its getting “close” to fitting.

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    It is these next 2 pictures that tell the whole fitting process, in a nutshell, you lie the clock bezel ontop of this inner ring and it is close to sliding down, the difference is some of the wall thickness, the plastic wall is circa 1.5mm thick, but to seat down, it needs to be about 0.6 / 0.7mm, so you need to grind this wall thickness down evenly all around the housing until the clock “seats down”, when it gets close, start putting the glass in place until it all fits flush

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    When complete, it should look like this.

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    If you need a talk through or any help advice on this job, PM me, I will send my number and we can have a chat about it, or, let me know you want help at a show and if I am able, I will help you fit it.

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  2. P.S I also added a switch to this to turn it off if required, that way, when the bloody annoying tick stops you sleeping, you can "mute" it,. and also save power in the winter.
     

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