69 Porsche 911 VDO clock stuck

[joebcard]

Help does anyone else have this problem I can not take the VDO Clock out of the socket it is stuck?

[blucille]

I'm not sure this is your question. 1969 is different from later cars, the gauges are mounted with tabs that screw to the back of gauges and pull them tight to the dash. Later cars simply press in.

[joebcard]

I'm not sure this is your question. 1969 is different from later cars, the gauges are mounted with tabs that screw to the back of gauges and pull them tight to the dash. Later cars simply press in.

OH OK Thank you for that I have a 73 and it comes right out but never thought it might be screwed to the back for earlier 911's How do you access it the back side?

[blucille]

lol, if only one gauge came out from the front.

Instead, you have to go in from the trunk, you can probably get your hand on the backside of one of the gauges, once you get the speedo or tach out, you can reach in that hole over to the backside of the clock and loosen the thumb screws. Or, maybe you can get your hands on the backside of the clock without removing all the heater ducts.

[joebcard]

I see that's a pain. Thank you for the info.

[TheTorch]

If you remove the passenger side (left hand drive cars) blower hose (2 hose clamps, easy) you can probably reach the 2 knurled screws that hold the clock. It's virtually impossible to put them back in though because it's super fidgety, and hard to see. I could never get both hands in due to the wiper mechanism being in the way. It's best to just remove the 2 distribution blower hoses, the blower and the fresh air box.

It's a pain, but after you do it a couple times, it gets a lot easier. If you are careful, you do not have to disconnect any of the blower control wires.

If you go through the tach (which can be reached by removing the driver side fresh air hose, then go through the tach to remove the speedo, then the speedo to get to the clock) it's a different kind of mess with a lot of wires / speedo cable to move around. I found the speedo hole too small to get my hand through to the clock anyway, and you have to reach the far side of the clock to tighten the second knurled nut. You also have to pull the steering wheel, horn ring and steering column covers to properly have room to pull the tach.

That's been my experience.

[flat6guy]

I just went through this on a 912. I already had the blower assembly out for other repairs. Honestly I can’t imagine even attempting this with the blower in place. With everything out I still struggle. Probably because my hands are big. The other problem I ran into was keeping the clock in place while trying to keep the tabs under the thumb screws in place. In the end I had my teenage daughter help. Her hands are tiny. This allowed me to be in the car holding the clock where I wanted it. Once she had it snug we swapped places. Her job then was to ensure the clock remained in the right orientation while I snugged up the thumb screws a bit further. Fidgety is the best word for this. Tedious also comes to mind too

[69-911T]

I wouldn't do it without taking the heater fan box out. It's not that bad, you can leave the cables connected and just remove the hoses. Pretty hard to reach up there, even with the box out of the way. A real PITA, when a year later you can take it out from the passenger compartment.

[ovrstr]

Help does anyone else have this problem I can not take the VDO Clock out of the socket it is stuck?

Actually for the 69 clock removal, you can take out the speaker grill and speaker (my car -69S, already has the speaker removed), and access the two screws on the back of the clock through the speaker hole.There are two aluminum retainer brackets, one on each side, don't forget to catch those with the two nuts when they come off.
-ovrstr