47 ford clock

[mudbone]

I am in the process of cleaning the clock in my 47 ford coupe. The wire had been cut by the previous owner. The wire has a cylindrical, black object attached to it. I tried to attach a picture of it but was not successful. Anyone know what this object might be ?

 

[weemark]

I think its an inline fuse.

 

[Henry/Kokomo]

You appear to have half of the inline fuse holder, as weemark said. See if the other half is attached to a wire under the dash somewhere. They would hold a cylindrical fuse for the clock.

 

[waterboychuck]

How about being a wire for a light in the clock.

 

[TJ]

How about being a wire for a light in the clock.

The clock light and wire plug into the side of the housing. The wire in the photo attaches to the clock motor.

 

[paul2748]

While it may be a fuse holder, it looks like the regular round, rubber coated wire connector that Ford used all over the car.

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

No, it's at least twice as fat. These clocks are mechanical with electric winder...they run a very short time until clock mechanism closes a set of points, then the electric mechanism winds the works for another short run, over and over.
The reason for separate fuse is to get a very low amperage break in the circuit...clock draw was too light to be protected by the central circuit breakers.

 

[Drbrown]

Forum members above are correct. That's just like my '47 coupe. The snap-n-twist metal housing holds a 3 amp glass fuse and the housing is covered by a rubber sleeve in case of a short in the housing. The light socket snaps into a hole on the top-back of the clock housing, and its wired into the dash gauge lighting circuit.

You may want to repaint the interior of the clock housing with the (original) white to restore its lighting reflectance.

I wonder why the previous owner cut the wire. Perhaps the clock malfunctioned. Mine did not work and I had "The Clock Works" guys restore it .... They did a good job. I now have the clock mechanism on a toggle switch to avoid battery drain.

Be sure the gasket in the round metal lens housing is in good condition to avoid cracking the glass.

 

[Marvin/TN]

My Dad said they always cut the wire to the clock to avoid battery drain. My 46 wire has not been cut.