I noticed this hour meter had 2 digits in the white. Is this 21000 or 2100? TIA
2,193.63 is how I read it.
That would be cool, picked up an old john deere 4050 engine that was part of an industrial air compressor trailer, (involved in auto-accident) for 200 bucks
Or it could be 12,193.63 or 22,193.63 It was nice of them to put a completely unimportant digit on there and leave off an important one.
Yea im pretty confused by it, its hard to imagine the engine has 21k hours but i guess its possible
The gauge reads to 9999.99 hours. I guess the question is, does it roll over and continue as new?
The “1,680” notation below it doesn’t seem too worn though, so I would think the 2,000 hour figure is correct. If it was 21,000 hours, the 1,680 would probably be worn off or unreadable It also may indicate that the hour meter was replaced at 1,680 hours and that you need to add the two together to get the actual hours
If that machine was one I took care of the +1,680 would be the way I would mark it saying add the reading on meter to the 1,680 to get actual hours.
2193.63 is how to read that, making total 3873ish. If that gauge had another 10 or 20k on it, it would look as bad as the gauge next to it. And lets be real, there's no 22k hour towable air compressors out there, the folks running them make sure of that...
I would have to agree with that! Fire it up in the morning and if it's still running at quiting time shut it off and leave it to the next day. On a rare case someone might check the oil between times the emergency shutdown kills it for low oil pressure. Same for coolant if it is liquid coooled! If it's air cooled like the one at the quarry a mouse family will test the emergency for you!
Had an IR machine come through a couple weeks ago for a no start. LOP switch had failed, so owner hammered a board of wood into the control panel to keep the safety bypass button held down. Ran it like that until one of the corroded spades on the bypass relay finally rattled off with the FSS wire. Installed a regular black plastic relay in it's place, got it running, and asked if they wanted the LOP replaced as well, "No thanks, that's what the board is for."
Hope you made a note of that on the invoice for the repair so they don't come back and try to make you buy them a new motor when it fails due to no oil. You know it's going to, maybe not today or next week but some day!
Absolutely did. Working in the corporate world, so have to cover all my bases. Checked actual oil pressure and it was good, but won't make any difference when there's no more oil in it.