JDW250 wrote:
On my buddy's 2002 H260, his hour meter is located under the pull up storage area under the walkthrough on the starboard side. In that storage area is a battery, the battery switch and the hour meter. The hour meter was mounted high along the outside wall of this storage area, with the battery switch mounted next to it. I don't have any pictures, but remember it well when I helped him fix his bilge pump earlier this year. If you need pictures, let me know. He keeps his boat in my Toybox. It's pretty cool walking in and seeing two H260's sitting side by side. Kind of like walking into a FW showroom.
I have no idea on a tool to get the hour off the computer. I would think you're on the right track looking into an auto parts store to do that for you.
Are you sure you don't already have an hour meter built into the dash? My 2001 had it built into the VDO guage set along with the clock... If not then your new hour meter should be located in an easily viewable area after all it's there to remind you of when you should be doing service. How do you intend to power the new meter? You basically need a hot wire from the ignition/run side of the switch. You can get this at the ignition switch (dash) or at the coil depending on where you decide to place the meters
Why worry about the back hours? Just do a thorough service and start counting off your newly installed meter. Check witha VP service center if you really want to know if getting the back hours is possible. I think your asking alot of the older ECM.
BTW, my 1998 had an hour meter hidden in the rear most compartment where the convertible top was stored.
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Not only does this show total hours... it also shows run time hours from 0-1000 RPM's, from 1001-2000, 2001-3000, 3001-4000, and from 4001-5000 RPM's... along with some other cool things. Max Engine RPM logged was 4890... a lot of other interested stuff too. 