Re: Install Hour Meter
WOW I wonder if my 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard has that capability? Probably not. I'll just have to do the usual eyeball look-see and general maintenance every year...Oh well...maybe next outboard. Those things sound nice UNTIL they don't work anymore. We have moved from simplicity into complication beyond our wildest dreams these days. So many new features to give so much information but at what cost? We have increased our abilities to know so much when in reality the simpler things are the better and longer they last. Given the fact that every part in any product has a life expectancy and failure rate, the more fancy capabilities only increases the probability of failure as well. It is a simple analogy. And knowing how many hours leads to what; changing your water impeller at the same intervals you always have before actual you knew the hours, or even changing your plugs out at the same time. Maybe replacing your fuel lines because you figured they needed to be based on the hours on the meter or data recovered via the computer onboard. Most folks wouldn’t know anything about their oil pressure, water pressure, timing curve or could tell you if any of those things were good or bad for the most part. I guess whatever floats your boat...literally! Not complaining but just making a general observation...