Smith Chronometric Rebuild
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Wow you sure have some work to do on that one 
Eek. This is going to be a good one!
I opened it after keeping it dipped in kerosene oil for about a month and with the hope that it ll move but it was horribly jammed so i lost my hope on it....i was also afraid of opening it because too many tiny parts i saw rusted together and had no experience at all on its mechanism. I tried to get meter from somewhere and came to know that it is quite expensive. I wrote to people and they quoted 200 dollars for its repair shipping was not included
Then i decided to open it with nothing to lose state of mind without any fear. And now it is working perfectly after too much back and fourth efforts on it with a friend of mine who is a car tape repairer knows how mechanism woks. Ll share further progress soon which i have taken on my camera.
Then i decided to open it with nothing to lose state of mind without any fear. And now it is working perfectly after too much back and fourth efforts on it with a friend of mine who is a car tape repairer knows how mechanism woks. Ll share further progress soon which i have taken on my camera.
Well you are right that you had nothing to lose at all but it sounds like it may have been worth your effort as that is a lot of $ to get it repaired
I am very impressed that you started out with a mess and got it working.
Good for you
Good for you
this parts leg was broken in the way that can not be recognized by a new guy like me. so this happens to me and the reset numbers were not working i was very upset until i searched Google and lucky saw that it has a leg which play its part. So i made it as seen in pics
I say again, amazing work
You should be very proud of yourself.
You should be very proud of yourself.
thanks....
Kashif, that is amazing work. What a mess you started with. I would never have attempted it. Your patience and mechanical perception are astounding.
[video=vimeo;57679341]https://vimeo.com/57679341[/video]
this vdo i took when it moved first time i dont know for how long it was stuck but at least i guess 20 years......(its a 52 years old meter) in the vdo u can see the trip numbers with reset option are not moving properly and also the center movement (needle stem).Both have been fixed now. the part in my previous pics solved the reset issue and there was another mystery which i found later regarding its center moment. It was slipping and a very tiny part was the reason............
Your work amazes me.
nice one Kashif.
BTW,re: soaking the parts in kerosine, did you see hemibees post on penetrating oil, it may be useful to you.
BTW,re: soaking the parts in kerosine, did you see hemibees post on penetrating oil, it may be useful to you.
no have't seen....but sure i need to see....can u plz send me the link
kashif that was a cool video I really enjoyed watching it. I would never be able to do such fine work like that, the parts are all just too small for me I think
hats off!
