HOW TO INSTALL AN HOUR METER ON A LAWN MOWER FOR BEGINNERS

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    HOW TO INSTALL AN HOUR METER ON A LAWN MOWER FOR BEGINNERS. Would you like to know HOW LONG YOUR LAWN MOWER HAS BEEN RUNNING? Or how long its been since you SHARPENED YOUR LAWN MOWER BLADES? Or since your last OIL CHANGE? INSTALLING and HOUR METER can help you TRACK your MAINTENANCE on your MOWER. In this video, I go over this HOUR METER'S FEATURES, how to INSTALL it and all its BENEFITS! But does it have any downsides? LIKE & SUBSCRIBE!!!
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  • @GarageGear
    @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Here is a LINK to the HOUR METER used in this video! Thank you for supporting the channel! 👍
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  • @johnbelliveau4704
    @johnbelliveau4704 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Hey JB, been watching a lot of your short videos, glad to see you back in the garage!! Be well my friend.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey John! The garage gal and I usually film those when we’re you shopping! Trying to give some out there some product reviews as well! Thanks for watching as always! What’s the plan this weekend?

    • @johnbelliveau4704
      @johnbelliveau4704 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GarageGear Weekend chill, got the yard work done earlier this week. Hope the same for you. School's almost done for the summer. be well.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johnbelliveau4704 got some filming to do today! Other than that should be a pretty easy weekend. Schools out in a few weeks! Looking forward to it! 👍enjoy the weekend bud!

    • @johnbelliveau4704
      @johnbelliveau4704 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GarageGear 😎😎 you too.

  • @keithp115
    @keithp115 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These are awesome JB! Thanks to you, I ordered a red/black combo pack for $13. Always nailing it bro!

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ROCK ON KEITH! Thanks for being a cool fan!

  • @briankahre7439
    @briankahre7439 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’ve seen this before from you. Added this one to my HRN from your other video. This item works really well, and an inexpensive piece of mind.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You got it brian! Thanks for watching my friend!

  • @smallblock412
    @smallblock412 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great device to add to any piece of OPE. I typically buy the hour meters that also double as a tachometer. Helps with engine tuning when needed. And they're only a few dollars more.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      RIGHT ON SMALLBLOCK! Got them on tons of stuff in my garage! Good to have the tach too! What’s the plan for this weekend?

    • @smallblock412
      @smallblock412 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GarageGear Going to a wedding tomorrow. My wife's cousin. Yay 🤣

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@smallblock412 have fun my friend!

  • @jaybooth4815
    @jaybooth4815 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really great video JB! Those hour meters are definitely good for maintenance info if you remember to keep track of it. My JD tractor has one built into the screen information. I see your approaching that 100K milestone! That’s awesome! Maybe you’ll get to use the pool this weekend. Any other plans for the weekend? Cheers neighbor!

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hey Jay! Definitely helpful! Love having them on any machine in my garage! Getting really close! We’ll be there soon! Appreciate followers like you helping me get there! Pool is still a little cool. We’ll see. Bike ride later! Antique world tomorrow! You?

    • @jaybooth4815
      @jaybooth4815 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​My wife's birthday today so grilling something nice. Tomorrow my youngest Grandsons birthday. Enjoy the weekend my friend!

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jaybooth4815 awesome! Tell them JB said happy birthday!!! Have fun bud!

  • @cramos7287
    @cramos7287 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great add to any gasoline device, spend $5more and get one you can reset the time and also program alarm depending on hours run

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You got it cramos!

  • @AdolfoRodriguez-qk4lw
    @AdolfoRodriguez-qk4lw 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I don’t normally comment but man your explaining is amazing

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@AdolfoRodriguez-qk4lw appreciate you Adolfo! Thanks for commenting

  • @The_Mace
    @The_Mace 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    5:40 - "You're goin' in whether you want to or not, pal."
    That's what she said!
    Thanks for another shoutout, JB!

    • @swampyankee72
      @swampyankee72 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🤣

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I would just like to point out that I followed this up with the word.. “perfection”… appreciate you mace! 👍🤜🤛

  • @josemendez9116
    @josemendez9116 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey JB thanks for your videos they’ve been very helpful just bought a Honda mower working great. Quick question though what height would you recommend to cut Bermuda grass? Thanks JB keep it up.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Depending on your lawn the best height of cut for Bermuda is generally between 1-2 inches! Appreciate you Jose!

  • @jordanboucher5179
    @jordanboucher5179 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another Great video, I’ll be adding one to my HRX. Thanks !

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ROCK ON Jordan! 👍

  • @DMCnME
    @DMCnME 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ariens or HRX217VKA? Just bought the HRX while they’re still available… but still curious what you think. Installed an hour meter with your help. Love your channel bro.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey DMC! HRX all the way! Appreciate you my friend! 👍

  • @turtle522
    @turtle522 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I added an hour meter to my mower 7/1/2024. It's an older Toro recycler 20333 (2015). I didn't have a flat surface I liked so I mounted it on the personal pace handle. The cord wasn't long enough so I bought a lamp cord replacement at a big box store. Split it in two. Ran it through existing guides. Worked great. I had watched one of your previous videos last year about doing this.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome my friend! Great idea! 👍👍

  • @WhitieInVermont
    @WhitieInVermont 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Congratulations on 90,000 subscribers JB.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks WHITIE! Couldn’t have gotten this far without you! How ya been bud?

  • @riceburner4747
    @riceburner4747 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How about when u hose the mower? Any problems? 👍 Great idea!

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No issues. Washed my Honda with one dozens of times. 👍

  • @maltedbarley1
    @maltedbarley1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bought a couple 9-10 years ago and when I let my 44” toro proline go the buyer was thrilled

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@maltedbarley1 Makes future buyers very happy! 👍

  • @chaspruitt2610
    @chaspruitt2610 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good video, thank you.
    QUESTION: 1 tag end of wire goes to Hour Meter.
    The other end of the wire wraps around the plug wire... where does that "tag end" go??
    Thanks....

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The spark plug end of the wire simply gets looped around and zip tied tight. That’s it. It will start picking up the flow of the current from there! 👍

    • @chaspruitt2610
      @chaspruitt2610 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GarageGear
      OK, thank you for that info!! 👍🏼

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@chaspruitt2610 you got it!

  • @matthewschnipke3251
    @matthewschnipke3251 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How about a video for the best height for your lawn to encourage growth. Along with the best time of day, patterns etc....

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like where your head is at Matthew!

  • @apexiumim2741
    @apexiumim2741 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If you ask me… Mr. T deserved the respect to be on your whiteboard. Just sayin. Lol

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hahaha I pity the foo who forgets to put Mr. T on the white board! Have a good weekend Apex!

  • @johngrossbohlin7582
    @johngrossbohlin7582 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Funny thing about hour meters is they don’t tell you if the routine maintenance was actually done! I use a maintenance journal to track that… the meter enables timely maintenance when combined with the journal.

    • @cramos7287
      @cramos7287 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Or spend $5more and buy the next level with tach and programable alarms to different hours setup

    • @johngrossbohlin7582
      @johngrossbohlin7582 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@cramos7287 Over the years my family has had various garden tractors, zero turns, and other equipment that came from the factory with hour meters… Maintaining logs for them and the automobiles, trucks, motorhome, motorcycles, snow mobiles, etc. required record keeping… it’s a way of life. For some of the equipment the records simply were written on the framing studs in the garage… others in log books.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is true! Logging the info somewhere is helpful!

  • @scooby196I
    @scooby196I 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I use my watch and a little note book, old fashioned I know.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Whatever works best for you my friend! 👍👍

  • @gsiracusa
    @gsiracusa 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video as always JB, thanks! Can I ask, did you sell your Honda HRN for the Ariens 190 dual blade? I have that Ariens now and it mulchs nicely but gets bogged fairly easily in wet grass. Am planning to replace it for a Honda HRC commercial 21'' while I can still get one. Different price point to be sure but as gas mowers get phased out, I want to have something that I think will last the longest, especially with the a GX series engine. Welcome your thoughts and thanks.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey gsiracusa I still have my Honda! She ain’t going no where! Go get that commercial Honda! Sell that ariens! lol I’ll be selling mine off at some point! Thanks for watching my friend!

  • @Rebel9668
    @Rebel9668 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If those are anything like the hour meter on my riding mower I'd have to say that they should somehow hold their reading even if the battery goes flat. My rider is 14 years old and I can't imagine it having its own internal battery that would have lasted that long, especially during the cold winter months. I take the mower's battery out every winter to store it indoors in our utility room and trickle charge it once in a while, yet every spring when I put it back in and fire the mower up the hour meter comes on and shows where I shut it off from the autumn before.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      More great info! Thanks for sharing rebel

  • @tempusveritas8901
    @tempusveritas8901 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wish I had seen this video before I I poked a hole in my cover. Toro high wheel Line Trimmer. Spring Mouse Check. LOL Never needs OIL change.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hahaha wow! Never needs an oil change???🫨

  • @robertmailhos8159
    @robertmailhos8159 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I never heard of a hour meter on a push mower 😮

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh yeah been using them for years!

    • @robertmailhos8159
      @robertmailhos8159 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GarageGear okay thanks for the video on this matter of the hour meter on a push mower

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@robertmailhos8159 you got it my friend!

  • @ChuckP25.
    @ChuckP25. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    JB - makes it difficult to soft power wash the mower, though. I get it, don't spray it, but still. Thumbs up.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That is true! Another gear grinder lol! Thanks for watching chuck!

  • @10mmsocket32
    @10mmsocket32 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video as always!

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks 10mm! What’s going on in your garage this weekend?

    • @10mmsocket32
      @10mmsocket32 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GarageGear two timemasters … sold one … also sold a Husqvarna articulating lawn mower

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@10mmsocket32 awesome my friend! Busy day in your garage!

  • @svgs650r
    @svgs650r 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    FYI... Your hour meter is inductive, no battery required!

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@svgs650r thanks for sharing svgs

  • @E150GT
    @E150GT 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One. I'm surprised you're keeping this dud of a mower. Two I like the hourmeters with tachometers on them. I run them on all my stuff except the chainsaws.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have a few more possible videos planned for this gal but have no fear come the end of the season she’s going up for sale! 👍

  • @TecumsehRulesbcserk
    @TecumsehRulesbcserk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Things going to be lucky if it passes 100 hours without anything breaking

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hahaha Right!?!?! I’ll be doing a few more videos with this mower and then she’s going up for sale! What’s the plan for the weekend?

  • @timothygodfrey1276
    @timothygodfrey1276 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ordered this same meter in red. Wire was missing from the package.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What?! Can you return it?

    • @timothygodfrey1276
      @timothygodfrey1276 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sure JB, can return it within 30 days, but I'll find a wire that'll work.

    • @timothygodfrey1276
      @timothygodfrey1276 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hopefully....

  • @BigDaddysGarage
    @BigDaddysGarage 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cheap piece of mind!

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You got it! 👍 definitely helps with maintenance throughout the seasons!

  • @JmanRx81
    @JmanRx81 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How's that new Ariens mower?

    • @paulmysliborski4832
      @paulmysliborski4832 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He did a full vid on it. Final grade about a C+.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hey buell! Here is the full review! IS THE ARIENS RAZOR LAWN MOWER WORTH BUYING? (Brutally Honest Review)
      th-cam.com/video/KEbBSB6TR0o/w-d-xo.html if you watch it you’ll know where I stand! Thanks for watching

    • @JmanRx81
      @JmanRx81 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GarageGear watched it too. Seems most manufacturers are a disappointment these days. I'm trying to find an old John Deere aluminum deck mower like you have.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JmanRx81 ariens reached out to me about the mower and want to talk. We’ll see what they have to say. You’ll find one of those John Deere’s. Keep an eye on marketplace they pop up from time to time!

  • @StlrNtn95
    @StlrNtn95 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    But my Toro lawnmower's owners manual said I never need to change the oil?

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hahaha those manuals make for great kindling

    • @StlrNtn95
      @StlrNtn95 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GarageGear I agree!
      I was just trying to Grind Your Gears! 🤣

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@StlrNtn95 good friends know exactly how to get on each others nerves the right way lol! 👍thanks!

  • @raulrivera94
    @raulrivera94 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You had your drill in reverse 😢

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@raulrivera94 maybe I did maybe I didn’t 🤷‍♂️

  • @dgoode2846
    @dgoode2846 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Are they waterproof?

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’ve gotten mine wet on other mowers and no issues! I would try underwater mowing anytime soon tho! lol! Thanks for watching!

  • @JohnK-pb6mn
    @JohnK-pb6mn 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hour meter for lawn mower?? sounds ghey.

    • @GarageGear
      @GarageGear  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching