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balrgn · 01-31-2005, 02:28 PM

Has anyone attempted to repair the thermometer?

Does it remove with out drilling the rivets?

At some point in time, someone failed at an attempted repair.

The spring assembly has been partially disassembled. Is this a worth while endeavor? I'll need to get a mirror in there to get a better look. But from what I can feel this seems to be a one piece unit?

The clock works, however the “ticking” is enough to drive ya!

I did find some great matching trim insert at HD though!

Ken J · 01-31-2005, 02:54 PM

The ticking is a nice gentle tick - great for sleeping

LowellN · 02-05-2005, 06:42 PM

I have a 1975 Sovereign, and my thermometer doesn't work either. If you have any luck let me know.

Lowell

balrgn · 02-06-2005, 11:29 AM

No luck yet, I think something has either broken or has become disconnected. I'll keep you posted.
You can see the battery has been removed from the clock. It works fine however the ticking can wake the dead!

59toaster · 02-06-2005, 01:34 PM

Scrap it and update.

http://www.windandweather.com/store/...artnerid=ga005

balrgn · 02-06-2005, 02:30 PM

Oooooooooooooooooooo I need one of those! I do love gadgets. I think you have altered my plans. Now If I can find one that fits in the same space

59toaster · 02-06-2005, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by balrgn

Oooooooooooooooooooo I need one of those! I do love gadgets. I think you have altered my plans. Now If I can find one that fits in the same space

Most have the size listed.

AgZep · 02-06-2005, 04:06 PM

We wanted a mechanical clock for our new CCD. I feel no place can be called a home without a real clock. None of our pendulum clocks would work in something that moves around, and our balance wheel clocks are all designed to sit on a hearth or shelf, which are in short supply in the trailer. So the obvious thing is a ship's clock. They're accurate, and designed to handle the motion.

Most are in brass cases, but I found a chrome one on eBay. The face is brushed, maybe stainless steel. Perfect. It even has a switch to turn off the bell chimes, if one is not used to that sort of thing. Not a problem in our cacophonous abode.

59toaster · 02-06-2005, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by AgZep

We wanted a mechanical clock for our new CCD. I feel no place can be called a home without a real clock. None of our pendulum clocks would work in something that moves around, and our balance wheel clocks are all designed to sit on a hearth or shelf, which are in short supply in the trailer. So the obvious thing is a ship's clock. They're accurate, and designed to handle the motion.

Most are in brass cases, but I found a chrome one on eBay. The face is brushed, maybe stainless steel. Perfect. It even has a switch to turn off the bell chimes, if one is not used to that sort of thing. Not a problem in our cacophonous abode.

Those would be a great adition to a coach without a clock like mine. On their coach he is trying to fix the factory thermometer located below the factory clock above the Goucho.

Here is a picture where you can see what he is working with. Its between the two doors on the overhead.

gsymes · 02-06-2005, 06:35 PM

Toaster thanks for using a picture of my unit. For a point of knowledge my thermometer doesn't work either go figure. Its stuck at minus 30. While pulling out the front cap that turned dull orange, I read the manual on removal of the clock and thermometer, and as advertised both items are put up with double sided tape. The thermometer has a probe/lead that disappears somewhere deep into the bowels of my A/S. So not wanting to spend the rest of my live chasing the probe I cut the lead. With my wife’s love of air conditioning I’m going to reinstall it with the hands glued at 65 degrees. Maybe this will keep her from asking me to turn it down all the time LOL.

balrgn · 02-06-2005, 07:07 PM

Mine too has a wire (to a thermocoupling somewhere) connected. I am going to give a good attmpt to see if I can at least get this to read inside temp.

thenewkid64 · 02-06-2005, 08:35 PM

If you take a look under the front exterior of the coach under the gaucho you will see the remote sensor hanging there, It is normally approx 18 inches in from the edge of the coach, so it is not really visible unless you are looking for it.

It is not something I have ever replaced, but I would bet that the routing of the "wire" to the probe would make it very time consuming to R&R.

gsymes · 02-08-2005, 06:41 PM

Ok the thermo probe goes somewhere down. I tried to pull it out and only managed to remove the plastic tubing over it. I could have pulled harder but a didn’t feel like replacing the wall LOL.

balrgn · 02-12-2005, 12:54 PM

Climbed under the camper yesterday. The probe looks intact. So, I'll have to see if the themometer can be removed. From what I can see there is a bar connected to the spring. Some how this has become disconnected from the spring.

Boondocker · 10-22-2005, 08:11 PM

One thing I want to add to my trailer is an indoor/outdoor thermometer, but then a weather station sounds good too.....

http://www.windandweather.com/store/...sID2382A?Args=

balrgn · 10-23-2005, 04:43 AM

Oooooo That one looks nice, keep me posted if you install it???

wahoonc · 10-23-2005, 05:47 AM

For those of you looking for the thermometer sending unit on a 70's vintage trailer...it is encased in the plastic tube, it goes from the thermometer down inside the wall on the streetside thru a whole in the channel and is pinned to outside of the belly pan on the streetside. If it is not working it most likely will be one of two things...it is either disconnected from the back of the thermometer itself or the "sending" unit is damaged or missing.

Aaron

balrgn · 10-23-2005, 06:04 AM

Someone attmpted to repair or diassemble the one in the Trade Wind. No hope of recovery

StingrayL82 · 10-23-2005, 08:39 AM

Pish posh, Andre! Never say there's no hope....there's always hope! Where there's a will, there's a way! Ingenuity, think ingenuity! There, was that inspiring, or what?

Seriously, though, don't give up on trying to fix it. As a former UH-1H crewchief, I always managed to find ingenious solutions to seemingly impossible problems, and that ingenuity has helped me on numerous "civilian" projects as well.

Frederic

batt · 08-05-2012, 09:05 AM

I have the same problems. Clock works sometimes and thermostat got battery acid on it so its got problems, I like the vintage look so I want to repair it. If I want up to date weather info I open my lap top or Ipad. Any one have a source of who can repair the German clock which is hybrid electronic and mechanical.

Any weather buffs know where you can pick up one of those coils for the back of the thermometer.My sending unit is still there just wonder how you test it?/???