phil314
Senior Member
My hours meter died on me last year. I figured out fairly quickly it didn't have anything to do with the outside wiring. It runs off the 12v battery and alt signal, so that the hours only turn when the machine is running. Both those checked out good.
A new one is over $700, so that's out of the question. So I pulled the gauge panel itself. It's kind of a sealed unit, but with a handful of razor blades, I was able to release all the tabs and get it open. The problem was fairly obvious. The hours meter is triggered by a 12v solenoid and the solenoid mount was broken. This caused it to rest on the plunger and prevent it from returning to bottom to grab the next number. It's pot metal, so there is no fixing it and no reusing the solenoid.
But I figure I can get another solenoid cheap and fabricate a mount and duplicate the function of the old one. So I pulled out the meter, it was anti-tamper melted in place, but with a dremel and small bit I got it out. Now I just have to round up some parts that might work and see if I can fabri-cobble something together.
A new one is over $700, so that's out of the question. So I pulled the gauge panel itself. It's kind of a sealed unit, but with a handful of razor blades, I was able to release all the tabs and get it open. The problem was fairly obvious. The hours meter is triggered by a 12v solenoid and the solenoid mount was broken. This caused it to rest on the plunger and prevent it from returning to bottom to grab the next number. It's pot metal, so there is no fixing it and no reusing the solenoid.
But I figure I can get another solenoid cheap and fabricate a mount and duplicate the function of the old one. So I pulled out the meter, it was anti-tamper melted in place, but with a dremel and small bit I got it out. Now I just have to round up some parts that might work and see if I can fabri-cobble something together.