Whack'ed Hour Meter

[jklein]

There's good news and there's more good news:

1. I called ENM and talked to Bob. He said he could replace the unit and program it to the hours I wanted on it before it left the factory. Sweet. $34 dollars / free shipping / no tax.

The Analog unit on my boat is (Model: T14BH) : http://www.enmco.com/cgi-bin/enm_catalog.c...ec_results.html

2. Even better, I can replace my old analog version with a digital LCD digital for 1 dollar LESS! (Model T1121AB). Part no: http://www.enmco.com/cgi-bin/enm_catalog.c...ec_results.html

Again, he can program it to the hours you want before it leaves the factory. It's also a direct drop in replacement. Same hole pattern, same face characteristics so it will fit in my existing mounting space. It's resettable so you can reset it if you need to. As far as hooking it up, just hook up the same positive and negative wires and you're good to go.

Make sure if you order you get the T1121, and not the C1121. One is a Timer (hour meter), the other is a Counter. You do NOT want the counter.

3. Here's the really great thing... if you order 3 or more units, the price is 50% off all the units you order, free shipping, no tax.

If there's enough people, a group buy might be in order.

One more little tid-bit. My ECM is reading 572 hours so my boat actually has about 150 less hours than I thought it did. I always trusted the analog gauge, but obviously the previous owner left the key on once too.

Edited April 26, 2005 by jklein

[mrothwell]

how did you get the hours off the ECM?

That is good news on the hour meter.

[Alibuma]

how did you get the hours off the ECM?

That is good news on the hour meter.

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Did you say 50% off of $33? Count me in! I'll get one.

[VinRLX]

Excellent info, jklein, and glad you're able to have your original hours put on there!

[jklein]

mrothwell: I have another electronic gauge that displays the hours. I'm assuming it's connected to the ECM... maybe that's a bad assumption. I'm going see if I can confirm or deny that. In either case I ordered mine with 572 hours on it (same that displays on my electronic gauge), and I figure if it's pre-programmed too low, I can always leave the key on until it's accurate.

[99response]

Also a good reason to always have the ECM checked whenever you buy a used boat....

[jklein]

Update: I got the new digital hour meter. It fit perfectly on the old mounting bolts, and fits the window perfect too. It was set to 572 hours just as Bob promised me from the company.

I'm very happy, and now I'm digital too.

[andyb]

Good ending.

[VinRLX]

Congrats! Now let's get that new meter turning.