90 % of the time when the clock light goes out a thump on the dash by the
clock will bring it back on. Has been used many times by Odyclub posters.


"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
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> In article <gfsa6k$1fn$1@aioe.org>, "MLD" <MLD@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Boy, your car must be so much different from my 2000 Honda Accord. I've
>> replace the clock light several times. All it takes is a thin
>> screwdriver
>> or knife blade to pop the clock assembly out of the dashboard. Takes all
>> of
>> 2-3 minutes from womb to tomb.
>
> You know, given that the 1999-2005 Odyssey is based on the 1998-2004
> Accord, and that the dashboards are very similar, you'd think that Honda
> would have made the clock thing identical.
>
> But they didn't.
>
> I owned a 2000 Accord, and you're right--if it's more than three
> minutes, you stopped to talk with someone or have a beer.
>
> But my 02 Odyssey requires yanking the dash, all the way from lower left
> and up and over, including unscrewing the two vertical screws in front
> of the instruments, and yanking the surround away from the clock before
> you can get to it.
>
> Night and day. I guess even Honda screws up now and again.