You first have to trade your old saddle from Rock ridge for a gold pan. Find gold, and trade the pan for the oil. Go back to the gear area and oil them.
When ACTUALLY oiling them, Clean every gear in the middle row. This will probably use almost all your oil. But as long as it works, the clock will work.
The middle gears is the big clump of gears from the big shiny silver gear to the other big shiny silver gear. and to ACTUALLY oil them you have to oil it until it gleams. if this doesn't help i suggest looking at the walk-through for cheats.
You oil it.
the gears in the clock tower
the gold pan once you've used it
You get it when you need it to buy the stuff from the snake oil guy.
You have an old saddle from the lady who needed help.
You can get an oil can or a gold pan. You are going to need both though.
After you oil the clock gears the clock will strike 3:00.
use it to fix the clockyou use the oil can in wild west island to fix the bell
justbefore you leave dusty gulch yu uasethe oil can and the bad guysb hore s slip over and they drop the island medallion
Witch Machinery's do you also have to oil to unlock the clock?
go to the trader and trade the saddle for the oil
You trade trade it in the trade shop