18-09-2021, 01:31 PM
Lynton,
Sorry, I didn't see your post. Long case clock movements are quite agricultural. Sometimes when I get one which has layers of congealed oil and grease, it goes into a big bucket and is degreased using Jizer, before being hosed off! Yours, being quite new should not need such extreme treatment. The big advantage when working on a weight driven clock is that there are no powerful springs waiting to jump out trying to decapitate you. I would recommend reading up on it before dismantling the mechanism; anything written by Donald DeCarle will be good, probably "practical clock repairing". Take plenty of photographs of the mechanism from various angles beforehand. Most importantly, do not over oil when it is reassembled. I use "panel wipe", available from automotive paint suppliers, for cleaning every part of the movement when it has been dismantled. Panel wipe is naptha petroleum spirit.
If you don't feel up to tackling it youself, there are still some clock repairers around, try the BHI for a list.
I hope that this helps.
Rod
Sorry, I didn't see your post. Long case clock movements are quite agricultural. Sometimes when I get one which has layers of congealed oil and grease, it goes into a big bucket and is degreased using Jizer, before being hosed off! Yours, being quite new should not need such extreme treatment. The big advantage when working on a weight driven clock is that there are no powerful springs waiting to jump out trying to decapitate you. I would recommend reading up on it before dismantling the mechanism; anything written by Donald DeCarle will be good, probably "practical clock repairing". Take plenty of photographs of the mechanism from various angles beforehand. Most importantly, do not over oil when it is reassembled. I use "panel wipe", available from automotive paint suppliers, for cleaning every part of the movement when it has been dismantled. Panel wipe is naptha petroleum spirit.
If you don't feel up to tackling it youself, there are still some clock repairers around, try the BHI for a list.
I hope that this helps.
Rod
