VDO Tacho / Hour Meter Repair

[onlinelee]

Hi friends,
if you have a VDO Tacho with hour meter that does not work you may already know its a common fault. Even though the LCD may have given up the ghost, the data is not lost. So you can just replace the LCD, it was a simple job and worth the $65 the part cost.

However, I had hoped my 2003 VP2030 engine had done slightly less hours!! But hey, at least I know!

 

[Caboteur]

What part and where & how do you get it? I have same problem on Yanmar hour-meter! I replaced it with a mechanical unit... Would prefer the original to show hours.
Pierre

 

[Rich Stidger]

Please post parts source and detailed instructions on replacement.

 

[Benny17441]

Replaced for less with a mechanical counter; we use ours mostly for fuel/range calculations.

 

[onlinelee]

Please post parts source and detailed instructions on replacement.

Hi guys,
Here is the link to a YouTube video showing how to replace the LCD, the suppliers details are included. Im not particularly machanically minded but found it a very simple project. Hope you are happier than I was with hours displayed!

 

[onlinelee]

Replaced for less with a mechanical counter; we use ours mostly for fuel/range calculations.

Benny, I have one too, but I really wanted to know what the engine had done since launch, this was the only way.

 

[Ron20324]

...Would prefer the original to show hours.Pierre

Borrow the unit from someone who's works. No need to take it all apart, just plug it into your panel wiring harness, take a reading, then do it all in reverse. Mount your mechanical gauge and run the hours up to your reading.

 

[onlinelee]

Borrow the unit from someone who's works. No need to take it all apart, just plug it into your panel wiring harness.

Ron, your post did make me laugh, just because there are only two other yachts in my marina that I know of with the same tacho, and LCD has broken on both of them I had been informed the hours data was stored within the tacho itself??

 

[Caboteur]

Borrow the unit from someone who's works. No need to take it all apart, just plug it into your panel wiring harness, take a reading, then do it all in reverse. Mount your mechanical gauge and run the hours up to your reading.

That's what I did, I would just like the LCD to work... with duty and taxes it runs around 200$CDN. Not worth it for me! If I take the tach. apart, power it up and twist the LCD unit lightly it will show the present hours on the engine! It's easier to read the mechanical unit.
Pierre