new quartz clock

Ok i've had the Z clock with the stop watch in my center console forever, I got ahold of an aircraft quartz clock, It fit in the hole for the digital just fine, I think it looks good in the car because some of the early accords had quartz clocks from the factory. the red switch i put in is for the carb primer switch,i can flip it on from the drivers seat with my right hand, and flip it closed and off with the same. I've always had carb priming problems so while i'm wiring,i put this in. I still have to fill the holes from the digital and repaint the center piece black with trim paint.
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looks good :)

Filthy sick!

It's alive!! haha
Looks good!

it gets even better.took me all day to make that aluminum piece,thats all hand done,no cnc machines. I think i'll paint it black and polish the flat surface of it
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wicked cool

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Originally Posted by roodoo2

wicked cool

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i'm waiting for some kid at a car show to say cool i like your apc switch, so i can tell him that switch costs more then he makes at mc donalds in a month. it was discarded , FAA is coming ,they are throwing everything out. loss for them gain for me. it was for a turbine prototype

it looks waterproof, very nice stuff

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Originally Posted by roodoo2

it looks waterproof, very nice stuff

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it's a turbine start switch, you have to flip it on until the engine spools up to a certain rpm before switching on the ignitors. i'm trying to make all this stuff look like aircraft,so thats why the thee dimentional aluminum piece.

I'm going to send my wife to the thrift store to look for a large black leather ladies purse , i need a piece of the thin leather to cover the flat part where the gauges are. 50 cents is cheaper then 30 bucks a yard,and it's the exact same thing.

when i EVER get the carbs done, it will be basically flip the primer switch for about 5 seconds, pull the choke to enrich the mixture, these are not true chokes,they are a mixture enrichment device, start the car and slowly push the choke back in. thats a cold start. I think they will be fine on hot start,although these carbs have some hot start issues. there are people who have the procedure figured out though. the choke is right above the center console where the cigarete lighter normally goes .

That is very cool. There is just something classy about a nice analog clock. I always thought it a bit odd that all of our gauges are analog and here's this green digital clock in the middle of the dash.

I am sure you are planning to post a pic of the finished install. I am really interested in seeing that. It might motivate me to hit the JY's looking for something similar.

it's an aircraft clock, if you search on ebay you might find one or look at sites for aircraft salvage places, they will probably be pretty cheap used. they are universal 12-24 volt operation. one plus lead one ground lead. there is a hole in the back of this one for a light,so i've got to work on making something that will illuminate it. these also have two sets of extra hands you can set to denote a certain elapsed time.

OK I got rid of the image shack thumbnail, I don't like clicking to exit a pop up and it asking me if i'm sure i don't want it. photobucket is back up. :)

heres one cheap on ebay, almost identical to the one i have except for not having the extra hands. this would look nice in any three g, or even better in a first or second gen since it's from 78. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mid-C...80909143r10916

I am thinking of something like what came in the early Infinitis. It wasn't a look that really matched their gauges. The clock had something reminiscent of a nautical look.

Kind of like this, but not exactly. I may still have a look at some Infinitis in the JY since the low end cars also had the same kind of clock.

http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/f...2&cat=P&trk=22

I always thought those early Infiniti clocks looked really classy.

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some new paint on that console would make it look alot better au

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Originally Posted by Dark_Accord

some new paint on that console would make it look alot better au

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thats dust cah

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the paint is chipped up at the back because the arm rest sits over that

Looking good!

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Originally Posted by lostforawhile

thats dust cah

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fool i know its dust :P i ment all teh scratches and chips

very cool project:thumbup:

ok got the illumination figured out, i took apart an antique airplane transponder to get the special green bulb out of it, then ended up taking a 1/8 npt to -4 adaptor, boring it out on my drill press, then cutting off the -4 end,this screws into the plastic light bulb hole on the back of the clock. sounds easy but it took a while to figure out,then to get it right.
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so do you still need some of that leather? I used to do some upholstery, and I'm sure I have some black top-grain leather hanging around.

Very cool project btw. What are those 3 switches for in the 2nd half of the console just ahead of the ebrake.

I just got some of the stretchable fake leather at work today, found a scrap big enough, the stuff costs more per yard then the real stuff, but it's a lot eaisier to work with on stuff like this. the switches are, the battery/alternator switch lets me turn on the radio without the key, or the bass on and off, controls the remote lead, the anti collision light switch controls my anti collision lights in the rear quarters, aircraft wing tip lights, and the fuel boost pump is for the fuel boost pump.

ok with the new leather instead of the cloth.
broke the primer light so i have to figure out where to get another
dammit let me find another host photobucket is broke

primer light = light that turns on when its time to spray paint? =/

not even going to reply to that
everything is broke, photobucket, photolava,etc.
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almost done with the center console, built some new illumination for it. it's all wired.
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I ended up machining my own light holder, I was going to use one like the one above the stereo, but it wasn't bright enough. I had to machine compound complex angles into the piece to get it to aim right on the angle of the front of the console.

theres an aircraft panel post light for the switches,but it keeps shorting out,so i had to disconnect it, might put an led in it, the strange thing is they short out in the planes too, which can take out all your panel lighting, think it would be redesigned? nope.

now i have to dismantle it to repaint the plastic:thumbup:

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Nice. Should have made purple LEDs :D

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Originally Posted by Hazwan

Nice. Should have made purple LEDs :D

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naaa it's annoying at night to have purple,i already have purple neon i can turn on and off, wanted it to stay green like the rest of the instruments.

OK the wiring harness for the entire center console is finally finished. YAY!! pardon the mess. If you hate wiring this may cause nightmares.
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this means i can start putting shit back in the car

now that this thread started my clock stop working..haha