520H hour meter, how do you change it out?

[Phatboy 565]

Ok so my WH dealer calls and says my new hour meter is in,, so i go get it and get back to the house and star looking,, and i see on the back the 2 11/32 nuts on back to take mount off,,, but once you do that how do you get the gauge out the front of the dash ? Please tell me i dont have to remove the steering wheel and all to get the plastic dash cover off to remove the gauge...

Edited April 21, 2016 by Phatboy

[cleat 7,260]

To do the job right you do.

If yours has the motion controls and hydro lift on the steering column it gets worse yet.

 

You can take the screws out of the plastic and see if it will move enough to get the gauge out.

[Phatboy 565]

Yea lol !! I think it is gonna be remote mounted somwhere under the hood like some JD are lol ,, im sure not gonna take all that apart,, i just use it for keeping tract of oil changes and and maintenance ,, so yea haha under the hood it goes ,, ill pigtail a hot lead right off the original pink power wire ,, and just move it ,, 

[oldredrider 2,553]

I had a 310-8 someone mounted an hour meter on the seat pan under the seat. Thought that was a good place with lots of room to mount.

[bds1984 1,499]

Makes me glad I have an old 520. Gauge changing/modification is much easier without the collum mounted controls!

[Phatboy 565]

1 hour ago, oldredrider said:

I had a 310-8 someone mounted an hour meter on the seat pan under the seat. Thought that was a good place with lots of room to mount.

Actually never thought of back there ,, hmm maybe right above tranny filter faceing back so its easy to see... Hmmm ya might habe something there,, its just for me to keep track of hoirs for maintanance anyway ,, i know the hours which dont matter anyway im never gonna sell it ,, yea ,, thanks for the idea !!

[WVHillbilly520H 10,376]

If you're gonna relocate/hide it ,might I suggest one of those slim flat digital hour meters/tach combo and take the original style back ,sorta like these,again just a suggestion ,Jeff.

[WVHillbilly520H 10,376]

If you're gonna relocate/hide it ,might I suggest one of those slim flat digital hour meters/tach combo and take the original style back ,sorta like these,again just a suggestion ,Jeff.

[Phatboy 565]

Thanks for the idea but i habe already purchased a toro one that fir in the dash ,,, so i got a mount that you used to use to put like oilpressure gauges under dash of cars ,, to mount it somewhere ,, i really cant return the one i got cause of re-stocking fee as i ordered it.. That would habe been a good idea tho probly more durable the one yoir showing seeing as there is no moving parts ,, oh well thanks anyway buddy appreciate the idea..