[AT] OT- hour meter

[Larry Goss]

Uhh, not really.  They replace them.  It IS a rental place, and they have to keep a log for knowing how it's being used, etc.  When I was working for a dealership, we learned to pay close attention to the meter reading on items that came into the shop for work, and it always caused some uncertainty when there was no meter or if it was broken.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 2:14:21 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT- hour meter

That's what I would have done and probably what a rental place would do.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Larry Goss
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 1:43 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT- hour meter

Well, since I own the stump grinder, I took all the items off it that made 
it look like a rental unit.  So it has no instruction manual case, no 
tach-hour meter, etc.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 11:26:44 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT- hour meter

Larry or you could do as I suspect I would have, throw away the Veermeer rip
off battery unit and re-wire the thing with my own battery, hour meter and
tach.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Larry Goss
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:42 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT- hour meter

FWIW, I have several hour-meter's on small engines, Mike.  One I have on a
PK has been mounted to the instrument panel for 7 or 8 years, and still
gives the rpm's and elapsed hours.  It's one of those $30 jobs that is sold
through small engine repair shops, etc.  I had one on a Vermeer stump
grinder that I bought at Home Depot when they were upgrading their rental
units.  The battery went dead on it, so I contacted the Vermeer dealer to
get a new battery (and for instructions for how to get the unit open).
Answer -- the whole unit is designed as a throw-away.  When the battery goes
dead, you buy a new tach/hour-meter.  If you go that route (El Cheapo model)
be aware that there are two models available depending on whether your
ignition is timed with a cam/magneto that only fires on the compression
stroke, or if the plug fires on every crank revolution.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike M" <meulenms at gmx.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 10:27:40 PM
Subject: [AT] OT- hour meter

Hi all,
I bought a new wood splitter the other day and would like to install a
simple hour meter on it for maintenance tracking. I see some digital ones,
but thats really fancier than I need and I question their durability. Any
suggestions?
Thanks,
Mike M
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