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Topic: Hour meter

Posted By: Charlie175
Subject: Hour meter
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2015 at 2:54pm

I would like to add a hour meter to my B and CA, and probably all my AC's that don't have a tach.

Suggestions? This would be something simple, under the hood that I can peek at to check the hours.

I have one on my Dirt Bike that wraps around the spark plug wire and keeps hours. would that work?

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Charlie

'48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD

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Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2015 at 3:39pm

I believe you can buy an electric hour meter that is not much more than a 12 volt clock, if your tractor has been converted to 12 volt.

I have an hour meter similar to this on my Honda EU2000i generators.

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It picks up an impulse from the spark plug wire. It works well on the generators. I don't know why you couldn't use one on a gas tractor.

Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2015 at 6:03pm

Google tinytach. They have several options, some even have service reminders on them...

Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2015 at 8:48pm

This is the http://www.alliedelec.com/trumeter-732-0001/70115361/?mkwid=abYU23qn&pcrid=30980760979&gclid=COb3r420x8QCFUlp7Aod8zUAhQ" rel="nofollow - hour meter I was talking about in the first part of my post. Unlike most tractor hour meters, they will not take engine speed into account (an hour at rated PTO speed), but are really like a 12 volt clock.

A lot of industrial equipment has this type of meter.

Posted By: Charlie175
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2015 at 5:13am

Thanks for the help!

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Charlie

'48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD

Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2015 at 6:10am

Just a heads up !
Had a tinytach in one lawn tractor, display went 'dead',hmmm.....TOTALLY SEALED...couldn't replace battery !!!!
Hopefully they have better units now( I haven't checked), after that bad taste in mouth decided to make my own 'operation meter' for my D-14s.Big LCD display,2 wire hookup,etc....
Jay

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3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112
Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)

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