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 Engine Hour Meter Quit
My engine hour meter quit yesterday at 1070.9 hours. The trip hour meter also quit at the same time. I have been expecting this based on what others have reported. Carlo said they would come up with a fix for this. Obviously, the fix won't help me.
I will never know how long the Rotax engine was able to go before major work was required. I would like it to be in the vicinity of 3,000 hours, or more. At the first homecoming in Valcourt I asked the liaison person from Rotax "how long will the engine last before major repairs are needed". He said it should last more than 500 hundred hours. I knew this was the wrong answer, but I didn't say anything. I just let it pass. I thought maybe something got mixed up in the German/English translation. Perhaps he meant to say 5,000 hours, not 500 hours. Five thousand hours would be great. Perhaps he was speaking of metric hours. 
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"metric hours" That's good! I like it!
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Thank god we didn't let those Canadians build the Space station. Might stop counting orbits after a while.
Geesh.
WackyDan - Fun, not crazy.
Charlotte (Matthews), NC
Silver Moon SM5 - V35 and V46 Givis, CHAD, Motolight 35w steering lights, Dash Powerlets, Helibar risers, Garage door opener, Eastern Beaver PC-8, Digital voltmeter, Kewl Metal Intake, Evoluzione Sway Bar, RT Shocks and Juice Box PRO.
*Mower deck in development*
2008 model -new in crate, April 09
26,000 miles.
Looking for other Charlotte area riders to cruise with and compare Spyders.
HAPPY SPYDER OWNER
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 Originally Posted by DynamoBT
"metric hours" That's good! I like it!
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Originally Posted by WackyDan
Thank god we didn't let those Canadians build the Space station. Might stop counting orbits after a while.
Geesh.
Hey don't laugh at the Canadians,
There trying to be the first to land a maned mission on the surface of the Sun.
When asked won't your ship burn up!
They replied , Do you think were stupid, we are leaving at NIGHT.
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Originally Posted by WackyDan
Thank god we didn't let those Canadians build the Space station. Might stop counting orbits after a while.
Geesh.
Um--- they built much of the stuff for the station and flights dude--- the big arm that is used on the shuttle is Canadian------ 
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WackyDan - Fun, not crazy.
Charlotte (Matthews), NC
Silver Moon SM5 - V35 and V46 Givis, CHAD, Motolight 35w steering lights, Dash Powerlets, Helibar risers, Garage door opener, Eastern Beaver PC-8, Digital voltmeter, Kewl Metal Intake, Evoluzione Sway Bar, RT Shocks and Juice Box PRO.
*Mower deck in development*
2008 model -new in crate, April 09
26,000 miles.
Looking for other Charlotte area riders to cruise with and compare Spyders.
HAPPY SPYDER OWNER
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Add a temp hour meter... wire it into you ignition ckt so it will be on when the key is on. At least you'll have an accurate record. Ken krb1945
Ken krb1945 "Happy Owner"
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Proud grandfather of a former United States Marine
1 2008 SM5 PE 548
1 2008 SM5, 1 2009 SE5
2008 GL1800
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Woo Hoo....
So I hit the magic hours..... and it stopped.
1070.9 with only 34,000.
Off to the dealer to get the reset.
Thanks MMcc, you found the answer for me pretty damn quick!
Can't wait for our Europe on CanAm trip, next year!
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was a poke as the NASA mars lander that had a design flaw because somebody forgot to convert from metric to standard -costing a few hundred million dollars.