OSU 65 SS
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03-17-12 02:31 PM - Post#2203836
I am trying to figure out which connector gets the hot wire, orange black and which gets the black/white wire?
I think my wiring may be messed up. I assumed one was hot and one a ground but both of those wires are hot when I tested. The black/white wire shuts off when I open the door so im guessing its getting grounded out.
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Allan In NE
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03-17-12 02:43 PM - Post#2203843
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Orange/black goes to the insulated terminal.
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OSU 65 SS
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03-17-12 02:56 PM - Post#2203849
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Thanks Alan!
Is the other a ground do you know?
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 427SS65
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03-17-12 09:52 PM - Post#2204030
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Yes. The hole is for the light!
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OSU 65 SS
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03-17-12 11:00 PM - Post#2204047
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Not the hole the other connector. Two connectors on the back, One is orange black wire but what is the other?
Are you saying the light grounds on the other connector?
Thanks!
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leon phelps
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03-18-12 03:24 AM - Post#2204065
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light is just one wire, it grounds to housing.
other wire is ground.
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65_Impala
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03-18-12 08:25 AM - Post#2204133
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I think the black/white wire you're looking at is the interior light wire. It gets grounded at the doors by the pin switches. You can't use it as a ground wire. There should be a ground wire at the lights for the shift indicator and at the light for the storage compartment.
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OSU 65 SS
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03-18-12 10:35 PM - Post#2204470
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Thanks!
Put a new ground on it and it doesn't work. Guess I'll be looking for another clock!
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03-18-12 10:39 PM - Post#2204471
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I think there is a sticky somewhere for the quartz conversion.
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OSU 65 SS
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03-18-12 11:06 PM - Post#2204473
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I searched and couldn't find it. I saw where you referenced it another post but no link.
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427SS65
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03-19-12 06:28 AM - Post#2204535
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You can buy conversion kits to eliminate the points system. I had mine rebuilt by the Clock Works and it works fine, but had them use the old points winder instead of the quartz system. The clock kills the battery in about a week.
Shoulda gone with quartz! Live and learn!
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03-19-12 07:38 AM - Post#2204564
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Doesn't the clock need two 12V connections?
Orange is for the actual clock and is connected to a spade on the fuse block so it has power all the time - regardless of if the engine is running. The light also needs 12V but that wire connects to the same circuit as the dash lights. The housing gounds to the console.
If I recall correctly my memory is excellent. My ability to access it is not.
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03-19-12 08:26 AM - Post#2204582
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Yes, you are correct, Dan. He was asking about the two connectors on the back of the clock. I was being funny about the hole (for the dash light).
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03-19-12 08:36 AM - Post#2204585
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Doh! I knew I was missing something Tom! 
If I recall correctly my memory is excellent. My ability to access it is not.
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03-19-12 10:27 AM - Post#2204615
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I put the conversion article back in the Electrical area of the Reference Materials post.
It was one of the files that got dropped when the whole post got deleted a year or so ago. Sorry Isaac (novice66)!
Also, I converted a Corvette clock with a kit I purchased from Zip Corvette. It has everything you need, and can be easily adapted into an Impala console clock.
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03-19-12 10:43 AM - Post#2204620
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Awesome! Thank you!
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03-19-12 09:39 PM - Post#2204883
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The only problem with Isaacs mod is that you have to use batteries. Guess they'll last a long time. The Zip kit has a voltage regulator circuit built in that drops the 12+ car voltage to that of a single or double AA battery (around 3 volts DC).
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03-19-12 11:31 PM - Post#2204904
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I would like to have no batteries, I found s compact that will convert it to quartz for 100.
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03-20-12 03:23 AM - Post#2204922
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there was also a sticky telling you how to use the 12v from the battery to the clock. that is what I was talking about, but we still got a bonus. 
if I remember, it was some sort of resistor you could buy from Radio Shack.
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Allan In NE
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03-20-12 06:01 PM - Post#2205316
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The original clock was just a simple, convential spring driven works.
The orange wire is for the winding mechanism. It electrically "rewound" (snapped) every minute to 90 seconds and was wired thru the courtesy circuit.
This is why they 'clicked' every so often.
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