Bumblebee,
Thanks for this involved and excellent post. Between your post and
this one from Old Cars Weekly, I'm tentatively confident I can fix our inoperative 1963 Galaxie clock.
I'm hoping you can give me some advice on clock work. My initial problem is disconnecting some of the wires going into the clock. Check out the picture below of the clock. On the left of the back of the clock is the power wire (I get 12.4 volts at this wire) and to remove it, I simply remove the nut attaching it to the clock.
The wire on the right is the problem. This goes (I presume) to the clock light. Problem is, the wire does not want to leave the clock assembly. It is very firmly attached to the clock housing. I really don't want to break something on this clock removing it from the dash. Am I an idiot and doing something wrong? Does the wire to the light remain attached to the housing, while the clock internals come out for repair?
Hopefully this clock bears some resemblance to your 1965. Thanks for your, ahem, timely help.
--Jay
