Clock Repair / Referral / Specialty Gauge

[paul cain]

I am off on another preservation adventure........In the process I came across a great service provider that is E9 related.
Specialty Gauge to repair your E9 / E3 dash clocks.
The owner is Cory Shepard. He is highly responsive and did a great job repairing my non quartz VDO dash clock. Reasonable and super fast to ship.
See: www.specialtygauge.com
Phone 703 402 4008
Make contact before you ship as his shipping address is new.

 

[Dick Steinkamp]

@rsporsche Parts and Service FAQs?

 

[paul cain]

@rsporsche Parts and Service FAQs?

$279 included parts and labor, plus shipping. His note on the invoice read ''replaced winding solenoid''. Shipped back to me in 3 days after the notice the repair was completed. Clock returned squeaky clean.

 

[rsporsche]

thanks for the referral Paul - i have added Cory to the FAQ - top sources

 

[e9Leveque]

Looks like I’ll be sending mine in. Took out the clock and repaired it per the previous thread but when I attached it to 12V it ticked along for a minute or two and then began to smoke. The soldered connection broke apart (as I guess it is designed to do) and then this resistor looks burned. Now beyond my capabilities. Good to know about this resource

 

[e9Leveque]

Adding another plug for Cory at Specialty Gauge, see above contact info. I sent in my clock last week, he got it Monday and has it fixed and ready to send out today, two days later. Price was about $260, with repair of solenoid noted. Other prices I had received for repair were about $400 from Seattle Speedometers and one other place.
For what it's worth, I had called around to a few places, had a quotation of $695 + shipping from Palo Alto, $895 from North Hollywood. In both of those cases they were planning to convert to a quartz movement. Advantage is longer-lasting, keeps better time, disadvantage is that it's not as period-correct and doesn't have the gently "click" of these older-style clocks. I asked Cory about that option and he said he can do quartz change-over for "about $580". So there you go, cheaper on both counts and great service.