lake side bob
Senior Member
Caterpillar D3C serial number 6PF00231
The hour meter stopped working.
took dash apart after some time discovered there is no power in the green wire that the red wire from the meter plugs into and is connected to the positive terminal on the hour meter.
I tried connecting a wire from hour meter to other hot wires in dash, lights, amp, voltage the hour meter works when it has power. As the power wire to the hour meter is inside a wire weave and I can not follow it to where it connects to a power source; can some one communicate how I can wire the hour meter to power, so it is powered only when the engine is running. [Not] when the master switch is turned to on position, because that's left on after the governor control lever shuts off fuel all the time.
I can run or route a separate wire from anywhere to the hour meter to power it.
I looked for a fuse box to see if there is a separate fuse for the hour meter, can not locate a fuse box, does the dozer have one, if yes where is it located?
I really want the hour meter to only record hours when the engine is operating, the problem I am having is the power sources in the dash have the hour meter recording time with the master switch turned on with the engine running or not running, and with the master switch turned off certain power sources still power the hour meter.
Your input is greatly appreciated.
The hour meter stopped working.
took dash apart after some time discovered there is no power in the green wire that the red wire from the meter plugs into and is connected to the positive terminal on the hour meter.
I tried connecting a wire from hour meter to other hot wires in dash, lights, amp, voltage the hour meter works when it has power. As the power wire to the hour meter is inside a wire weave and I can not follow it to where it connects to a power source; can some one communicate how I can wire the hour meter to power, so it is powered only when the engine is running. [Not] when the master switch is turned to on position, because that's left on after the governor control lever shuts off fuel all the time.
I can run or route a separate wire from anywhere to the hour meter to power it.
I looked for a fuse box to see if there is a separate fuse for the hour meter, can not locate a fuse box, does the dozer have one, if yes where is it located?
I really want the hour meter to only record hours when the engine is operating, the problem I am having is the power sources in the dash have the hour meter recording time with the master switch turned on with the engine running or not running, and with the master switch turned off certain power sources still power the hour meter.
Your input is greatly appreciated.