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Friday, December 6, 2013
$286 Charge for Window Etching that Doesn't Exist?
Does anyone else see a number etched in the glass of my 2004 Honda Accord?
Saturday, November 26, 2011
How to Fix a Scattergories Timer
Do you have one of those types in your family as well? One that just HAS to know how things work on the inside, and in the middle of the family Scattergories game decides to disassemble the timer, but is unable to put it back again?
Sigh - oh well, I choose to think of it as leading to good father/son bonding time...
As penance, I made him work with me to attempt to put it back together again. We spent an hour or so tinkering with putting the parts in various places, and finally got it figured out.
- Arrange the parts according to the following picture. The gears essentially are arranged left to right in descending size order. Pay special attention to the more granular, larger looking teeth on the far right gear.
- Starting from the right, position the gears in their corresponding holes. The gears will layer one on top of the other, and the teeth from the left gear will drive the middle sprocket on the gear to the right.
- Once the white plastic pieces are arranged as shown, position the wire spring over the middle post. Note the position of the two hooks, ensure they correspond with the second photograph.
- Properly tensioning the middle knob is the trickiest part. After inserting it onto the middle post, ensuring that the spring hook end is in the proper position, turn it clockwise in order to put tension in the spring. As you turn the knob you will come to a place, before you have turned it 365 degrees, where you will need to lift the knob slightly and continue turning. You need to turn one full turn to properly tension the spring.
- With the Start/Stop switch in the Start position, put the top on the timer. Holding the two halves together, test the timer for proper operation. The timer should take about 3 minutes to rotate fully around. If it works properly, insert and tighten the two screws. If not, you may have to futz around with the exact positioning in order to get things fully operational.
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Our timer works perfectly with the above procedure, and I hope yours does as well.
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