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Old 06-08-2013 | 11:25 AM
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I have a 1984 Scarab 1 and it has the weirdest hour meter i have ever seen. Can anyone please explain how to read this hour meter? thank you for your time.

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Old 06-08-2013 | 12:43 PM
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my hour meter is the same with almost the same hours. I think its 660 hours 10 min and 22 seconds.
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Old 06-08-2013 | 04:10 PM
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Thank you for the reply but what happens when its say 800 Hrs? I still don't understand the concept of what each hand represents.
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Old 06-09-2013 | 04:25 AM
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I think when it says 600 hrs ,your engines need to be rebuilt ,and the meter start all over again ... haha not trying to be a smart ass , I never saw a gauge like that ,must be one piece of engineering back then.
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Old 06-09-2013 | 06:53 AM
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Best guess smallest plus middle plus largest. As each revolution of largest is 1 hour moves next hand in 1 hour. I say it's 670 if it has rolled over once. If not its 70 and largest hand would represent minutes or the decimal on a reg hour meter.
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I think it says 672 hours and 22 min. Each hand counts 60. Big hand minutes, middle hand 60 hours. small hand counts multiples of 60 hours.
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Old 06-09-2013 | 07:49 AM
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On mine the Biggest hand moves every second when my engine is running. Then the next one is minutes, then the small one is hours.
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Old 06-09-2013 | 08:05 AM
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I had one on mine until it stopped working last year (took it out and put in an updated depth finder), I couldnt figure it out either
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