Hour meter repair?

[clay1811/44c]

Anybody ever take a hour meter apart? Both of my 1811's hour meters don't work and I was wondering if they could be tinkered with.

[RLause]

I have taken a small diagonal pliers and un-crimped the cover no more than necessary to get it off. WD-40 is what I use to lubricate the mechanism, put the cover back on and carefully re-crimp the cover. There are better lube-cleaners, but I can't think of any right now. 50 years ago I used TV Tuner cleaner.

[ol'George]

2 weeks ago I took apart the clock type meter because it stopped ticking on my 782.( clock type maint reminder) not odometer style.
I carefully un clamped the surround retaining ring and removed the inners to find the clear plastic base that the coil is attached too had broken in 3 pieces.
The vibration from insecure mounting, caused end of the induction coil wire to break @ the solder joint, where it attaches to the terminal spade.
I re soldered it and used hobby epoxy to repair the mounting plastic base, putting on a couple layers of epoxy using a tooth pick.
Then putting it back together and re crimping the ring, it looks like it was never un clamped, prolly because the ring is soft aluminum.
With only 5 hours on repair, I have no long term test.
Don't know if it was worth the effort, but was enjoyable to fix it and better than watching the silly TV set.
Used ones show up on evil pay from $20-30.


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[RLause]

Originally Posted by ol'George

2 weeks ago I took apart the clock type meter because it stopped ticking on my 782.( clock type maint reminder) not odometer style.
I carefully un clamped the surround retaining ring and removed the inners to find the clear plastic base that the coil is attached too had broken in 3 pieces.
The vibration from insecure mounting, caused end of the induction coil wire to break @ the solder joint, where it attaches to the terminal spade.
I re soldered it and used hobby epoxy to repair the mounting plastic base, putting on a couple layers of epoxy using a tooth pick.
Then putting it back together and re crimping the ring, it looks like it was never un clamped, prolly because the ring is soft aluminum.
With only 5 hours on repair, I have no long term test.
Don't know if it was worth the effort, but was enjoyable to fix it and better than watching the silly TV set.
Used ones show up on evil pay from $20-30.


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Anything like this is better that watching TV.

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by RLause

Anything like this is better that watching TV.

Well FRD has tractor pulls and FS1 has KrashKar er NASCAR

[clay1811/44c]

Thought I'd give it a look and see what's inside. Not much to see unless you want to get crazy and drill out the electrical connections and remove it from the housing. I used a 5/32 drill bit to gently pry the crimp loose. Then sprayed it with WD40, blew it out and re-assembled. So far it's been running for the past hour on the bench.

[clay1811/44c]

Opened the second hour meter and gave it the same WD40 treatment. No luck with that fix. Didn't hear the coil clicking, so I gave the case a couple of taps and the clock does come out of the case. Found bad connection on the coil and now it works.

[FrankF3]

Originally Posted by clay1811/44c

Opened the second hour meter and gave it the same WD40 treatment. No luck with that fix. Didn't hear the coil clicking, so I gave the case a couple of taps and the clock does come out of the case. Found bad connection on the coil and now it works.

Nice reference on how to deal with these hour meters. I used a micro oiler with synthetic oil that I often use my grandfather clock. What is a good way to reseal or re-crimp the dial once you've opened it up?

[clay1811/44c]

Frank I put the unit face down on the workbench. Holding pressure down on the unit, I rolled the edge back over with handle of a screwdriver. I'm sure it is not as tight as the factory. So far they are still running.