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hour meter for garden tractor- noise inside
Two weeks ago I purchased a used John Deere diesel garden tractor. The hour meter doesn't work, I did check the wiring and there is switched 12 volt so it is the meter. I purchased off of Ebay a new hour meter received it yesterday in the mail. Unlike many of the plastic hour meters available this one is all metal which I thought might hold up better in the environment it will be living in. Anyway I opened the package today to make sure it arrived safe. All looks good but when I roll the meter in my hand either end to end or side to side there is a rattle inside. I can't tell if it is something that is detached , loose or maybe is designed that way . So is there anything inside of a standard 12 volt hour meter that would make that kind of noise ? The meter was in the original packaging and shows 2 hours on it which I assume is from the factory testing. There are zero marks on it that would indicate it was previously installed. I sent the seller an email this morning I will wait for a reply. It is not a high dollar purchase ( 25.00 ) but I need it to work now and for the future . What does the Pelican brain trust think ?
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Open that puppy up and see what's rattling
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I removed one of the screws and started removing the second one when I decided to see if this was really going to come apart when I removed the second screw.......it does not ! It looks like the two screws hold the guts into the can during manufacturing then the glass lense bezel is crimped in place. So it does not come apart. I hooked it up to 12 volts and it works so I went ahead and installed it in the tractor. I don't want to over analyze this one it's done .
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2002 Boxster S . Arctic silver + black top/int. Jake Raby 3.6 SS engine " the beast ". GT3 front bumper, GT3 side skirts and GT3 TEK rear diffuser. 1999 996 C4 coupe black/grey with FSI 3.8 engine . Rear diffuser , front spoiler lip with ducktail spoiler . |
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