Expert: Kenneth Saunders - 9/14/2008

Question
Hi,

I have a Ridgeway grandfather clock.  It have three cables with three weight on it.  When I rewired the cable, I did not hang the weight on the center one, and the cable is not wired correctly, and after that I hang the weight the clock does not tick any more.  The clock only ticks if I pull weight a little bit with my hand. How can I manually release the cable and rewired with weight?  What should I need to do fix it.  Thanks very much for help

Answer
easiest might be to remove the pendulum from where it hooks onto the leader just under the mechanism and behind it - if the clock will then tick quite fast - let it run till tomorrow and come back. Advise what success you have and maybe we can avoid going further into the mechanism.