Hour meter

[volp]

Inspired by 300zx I decided to make a simple mount for a hour meter.
I bought a 2" Round Hour Meter on Ebay for about 10 dollar and locally a suitable rubber lined pipe mount plus a u-bolt clamp fitting the steering column.
The hour meter is not something you look at when you drive!
I am planning to use the hour meter dash hole for a temperature gauge later.

Anders

 

[Tomcat]

Looks good! How did you wire it up?

 

[volp]

Looks good! How did you wire it up?

There are prepared wires for the hour meter ready for plug in. If not, just connect after the 3 amp fuse to flasher (or emergency lights). You can also connect it to the 5 amp fuse that supports the front lights and horn.

Anders

 

[Russell King]

Anders,

Does "Glod" (Swedish I assume) mean "glow" (English)?

 

[volp]

Anders,

Does "Glod" (Swedish I assume) mean "glow" (English)?

You are quite right. The o in glod have two dots over it.
The AV means OFF and PÅ (A with a ring on top) means ON.
ST. is an abbreviation of START = start!

Anders

 

[volp]

Re: Hour meter + Temp

I have now put in the temperature gauge I talked about initially.
Bought it on Ebay and put it into the unused hole intended for a hour meter.
As the engine on my B6001 is replaced with a D950 it has a water pump in the cooling system. There is a small bypass hose at the thermostat- I soldered a 1/8" fitting to a copper T-pipe of about 12 mm outer diameter and replaced the bypass with this and two pieces of cooling hose. Screwed the temperature sensor into the 1/8" fitting and wired it.
It works OK!

Anders