Honda engine life

[sam-tip]

Easy to add hour meter. Just wrap wire around plug wire and stick to something

See the little red wire.

 

[Sandhill Crane]

I checked Surplus Center. Is it a 12 volt DC hour meter?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I put one of those on my sawmill, after a year or so, it got harder and harder to read. The display just seemed top go away and I haven't been able to read it for a LONG time now...

SR

 

[Streblerm]

Unless you have a battery/charging system you need an "inductive hour meter". That is the type that wraps around the plug wire. A 12v dc meter would hook to the ignition switch so it was powered only with the key on.

 

[ironman_gq]

2500-3000 hours is about right for a GX motor running at full load. No oil filter and lots of heat. Thats roughly equivalent to 100k on a truck engine with a life of mixed city/highway mileage (30-35mph lifetime average) and they have comparatively pampered lives with good oil filtration and steady engine temps and usually get a chance to warm up some and rarely ever run at full output.

These small OPE engines start up, run WOT at or near full load most of their lives with no oil filtration, little to no warmup and little to no cool down before shutdown. Not to mention rarely getting maintained per the manufactures directions.

 

[chucker]

opened the pie hole to soon on the splitter... the 2 stage pump locked up tighter then trumps bank account with an irs audit!....26 years of pumping took the toll on the ole girl while splitting white pine of all species! so here goes another 200.00 Washington's to fix the old girl with hopes of a little faster cycle time for a boost.

 

[chucker]

good for me for once!!! it was not the pump at all just both halves of the lovejoy coupler with all 6 fingers broke off ? a 25.00 fix with all 3 new parts and " WERE OFF AN RUNNING AGAIN(SPLITTING)" anyways.... tomorrow. afternoon. maybe. or?????