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ra28 time piece
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Wed, 11 February 2004 06:54
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i have 2 jeco dash ra28 celica clocks. They both work for a while then stop. You see it try to work but doesn't. I've taken one apart and cleaned it but still no joy. Is it a clock problem or power supply, Power seams to be fine using multimeter.
Any ideas?
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November 2002
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Wed, 11 February 2004 07:29
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The original equipment RA23/28 clocks are a law unto themselves and seem to stop and start again of their own accord, if you can get them to start again at all. If you can work out why you deserve the Nobel prize for Celica restoration!
Cheers,
Mitch.
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Location:
Gold Coast
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October 2002
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Wed, 11 February 2004 11:39
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my mate is a clock repairer maybe i should give him mine to fix up
Daniel
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Location:
Madrid - Spain
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Wed, 11 February 2004 23:33
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The best way to get them to work is
1. Unscrew and remove dash
2. Unscrew and remove clock from dash
3. Throw clock in the bin (insert joke about time flying)
4. Insert Boost Gauge
I have never seen a RA23/28 clock that actually kept time. They just put it there so when you put a turbo engine in it, you have a place to put the boost gauge. Hows that for forward thinking by Toyota. Two thumbs up to the interior designers.
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Location:
Terrigal
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 00:47
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Haha Gold28 maybe that should be a tech article ? 
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Location:
Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 01:02
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LOL
I agree though, I've seen lots of xA2x Celicas over the years and I've never come across one that had a properly working clock. Methinks Toyota saw that as a good place to cut costs, using the cheapest possible timepiece!
It is a great place to put another gauge though, or if you really want a clock you could probably find one from another car which is a similar size and hopefully much higher quality!
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Location:
Madrid - Spain
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 01:05
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or use the sexy one in the colsole of a TA22
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Location:
Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 01:27
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Which is just as unreliable!
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Location:
Madrid - Spain
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August 2002
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 01:38
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Or if you were a drifter you could get a grandfather clock and drift in time with the pendulum. 
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I supported Toymods
On probation
Location:
Brisbane, Queensland
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 02:28
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autometer make clocks if you want to keep some kind of theme going on?
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Location:
Rocky Mountains, Canada
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May 2002
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 02:41
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| gold28 wrote on Thu, 12 February 2004 10:03 |
I have never seen a RA23/28 clock that actually kept time.
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Wow, cool.... mine does
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November 2002
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 02:45
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Is it for sale ?
Mitch.
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Location:
South Australia
Registered:
August 2003
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 04:48
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mine is screwed aswell, starts and stops whenever it feels like it. When its working it annoys the hell out of one of my friends. i dont notice it unless im thinkign about it but he seems to pick that noise out over the engine lol.
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Location:
Adelaide
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June 2003
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 06:14
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Yeah, my brother's RA28 clock stops and starts too.
It really sucks when you're almost asleep in the back and it starts up again, damn that infernal ticking. I'm sure everyone can imagine how hard it is to get back to sleep in the boot of one of those things.
I reckon the boost guage would be the way to go, we'll have to stick a turbo on it.
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Location:
Westleigh, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 06:51
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haha mine is too fast. doesnt stop working but just creeps up on itself.
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Location:
SYDNEY
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August 2003
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 11:02
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At this stage 113 cheched this sight out,16 replies, 1 reconds his works? I think I'll go with majority, replace clock with vacume gauge and get stereo with clock. Problem solved, no Nobel prize for me...... 
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Location:
Madrid - Spain
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 20:59
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Haha  16 replies and nobody has answered his question. On behalf of everyone here sorry we can't help you with the clock.
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I supported Toymods
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Location:
Brisbane, Queensland
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Thu, 12 February 2004 23:37
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on the back of the clock there should be a little adjustment type thing that has s-f. i would assume that means slow and fast so you can adjust the clock to keep time.
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Location:
Brisbane
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December 2003
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Fri, 13 February 2004 00:53
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Mine must be the only working one in history!
And yes the little screw on the back does adjust the speed of the clock.
I had to continually adjust mine to get it to keep it from being slow or fast.
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Location:
SYDNEY
Registered:
August 2003
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Re: ra28 time piece
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Sat, 14 February 2004 00:08
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I don't mind that my question was not answered, just to know that my two clocks aren't the only ones that are not working makes me feel that I'm in a magority group
What a laugh we can do almost any conversions, add turbo's and basically re-work our whole car to be different and unique as possible but we have no joy on the CLOCK!
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