Yanmar Engine Hour Repair. Save $800!

A common issue with Yanmar Marine Engine panels is that they lose their LCD engine hour readings after a few years. As this is not a commonly serviceable part you are faced with either installing a new panel at $800 and resetting your engine hours, or adding a new engine hour meter, which is a clunky fix.
There is however a simple $30 fix which with few tools will have your engine hour meter back and running after an hours work.
The link to the part is here:
www.akspeedo.co...
The website states that this should also work for Volvo LCD panels.
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[@erwynnaidoo8374]

This worked amazingly for me on my Hanse 375 with a Yanmar 3YM30. I did not want to lose the count of hours on my engine. Thanks to you, I did not and I now have my display working again. Very helpful video. Much appreciated.

[@sailingrubyrose]

Absolute pleasure mate! So pleased. If you have the time, take a photo of your engine hours and post it on our Facebook page! We’re collecting success stories

[@ginabrown3018]

That's amazing

[@miket1638]

I hope one day I’m able to anchor nearby and make/buy you dinner (and drink) to repay you for your generosity. Taking the EXTRA time to film, edit and share this video is absolutely amazing!! I ordered the part and followed your instructions and it worked like a charm. Bought a boat a year ago and have never known the real engine hours until now! Thank you! Thank you!

[@sailingrubyrose]

Great news mate

[@hb9dod]

Thanks for the tip. Worked flawlessly on my B-panel Yanmar 3JH3 Engine. Saved a lot of $$$. Regards Tom

[@mortenlaane9749]

I watched your video a couple of times and today I replaced the display. It was incredibly easy, and I spent no more than an hour on the whole job. Thanks for the informative video. Greetings from a sailor in Norway.

[@philwelsh653]

Thanks so much for this video. I couldn’t get mine off from the front as it’s glued in on the face. So I climbed in the lock and removed it from the back by undoing the 4 very small screws. I ordered the LCD board from the link on your video. Then not having the confidence to fit the LCD, I took it to my local phone repair shop, where it took him 20 mins. He charged me 15 euros. And it’s all working perfect now. Thanks again for a fantastic video.

[@sailingrubyrose]

Absolute pleasure mate

[@pbristow]

Excellent video as always - thank you! If I may offer a suggestion I picked up from The Boat Galley: always stuff a rag in any cockpit drains or scuppers before you start to unscrew anything in the area. I think I spied a drain right under the panel as it was first being unscrewed (it may not have been a drain). Hopefully this helps someone somewhere avoid a lost screw. Cheers!

[@lawrencegleason4666]

!!

[@johnnylasalle130]

A magnetic tray works really good to keep screws together

[@pbristow]

@@johnnylasalle130 that's a great suggestion but 300-series marine stainless is weirdly not magnetic. I don't understand the physics of it since iron and nickel are both magnetic. But it's one more annoyance with boat work that magnets don't hold screws and other parts. In fact a common way of checking "stainless" parts for quality when in a store is to run a magnet over them. If they're magnetic then they're probably just coated in a thin layer of stainless.

[@blairfaulwetter4475]

Just wanted to say thanks. Followed your video and I'm back in business. A tedious but very doable and worthwhile project.

[@lancer2204]

A really easy fix for a potentially expensive pain in the rear. Things I would add to the tutorial. 2:46 Stick a rag in the cockpit drain holes, good luck getting that item back once it has gone down one 7:29 if you are working alone you can give the ribbon connector a gentle curve by rubbing it around a pen or pencil, be gentle. This will give it a slight curve that will let you more easily guide it through the opening for the replacement LCD.

[@sebastienrosset9785]

Thank you! This was extremely useful, I was able to change the LCD.

[@gianluigiravenna3730]

Done! Following the KZbin video posted. It was rather easy. I hope it works. Thanks for posting it!

[@sailingwithus5743]

Hi Nick & Terysa, another success story. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. You've saved us a small fortune with two LCD screens to replace on our Lagoon. Looking forward to seeing RR2 on the water. Cheers, Rob & Angie

[@karlhanlon2459]

Worked a treat. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

[@SYSirius]

Ok, I can confirm: this fix also works on a Nanni dash, which is basically VDO. Thanks for this, the dash is 800 euros, the LCD display was 25 or so. And the best part is, it remembered the amount of hours!

[@tommyc9237]

Miss watching you guys. Just can't get into catamarans but will watch once you're back on the water just because you two are phenomenal sailors and videographers.

[@ronmedalie3078]

Not a Tuesday BUT - love your point of view pr the way you present it - not sure. Hope you enjoy Australia sailing.

[@sailingcatamaranescape6037]

Cheers.... Our Yanmar tacho went a few months ago. Bought the ribbons from ebay a while back, just need to get around to fitting them. You've given us some encouragement now.

[@Ron-zr6se]

Excellent tip and everyone loves to save money. Spending an hour replacing an LCD engine counter while saving over $700 it time well spent, thank you for the tip.

[@nealeburgess6756]

About 25 years ago a bought a couple of dentist's pointy hookey things (picks?) at a classic car autojumble. I can vouch for the fact that they are extremely versatile and useful. They remain a valued part of my kit to this day.

[@sailingreilly9136]

You look pretty handy with that dental 🦷 probe. You must have had a few hanging around. It never occurred to me to have dental tools as part of the cruising kit. Now added. Cheers 🍻

[@michaeldeburgh2173]

Thanks for the vid. Mine shows hours now. Even if it fails again, at least I now have a count as a baseline to continue from.

[@tonyhalahan5199]

Very good guys. Great video. I can see how useful your dentistry skills are...

[@mattf49006]

very clever..750 dollar savings buys a lot of craft beer for the new boat

[@steenkigerrider5340]

The profit margins on Yanmar Marine Engine $800 panels with these cheap components must be astronomical.

[@GregForret]

Love technical Tuesday, thanks Nick!

[@lawrencegleason4666]

Very nice! Nice to see the old boat. You're DYI videos are top notch, the extra editing work that goes into labelling parts and making every move well documented is appreciated. Love it. Muchos gracias, as they say in South Coober Pedy and parts of Alice.

[@HandyMan657]

Tech Tuesday, tech Tuesday. As promised, cheers Nick

[@MarkCleary555]

Worked great! Awesome video. Thanks

[@andrewwilliams7508]

So fantastic, I’ve got the same problem. Thank you for the tip.

[@TheMorganMonroeShow]

Oh yeah!!! Been waiting for this gig. Thank you.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Thanks mate! I'd say this should be done by someone with some familiarity with working on small electronics. Remember to keep skin oils off any electronics or contacts, and or clean any oils, oxidation, etc., from them later with solvent like high purity isopropyl alcohol. It's really important to keep electronics dry, clean and especially free of salt water, which can damage them. Especially any exposed metal and especially metal contacts. That's why there's so much environmental sealing designed into the case, etc. Keep fingers off all contacts, including the ribbon cable contacts. Or use degreased gloves. I can't overemphasize how useful it is to teach prospective boat owners how to do some of their own maintenance. This greatly increases their chances of success, reduces barriers to entry, and lowers operating costs since less work needs to be outsourced. In addition it's certainly less wasteful and more environmentally friendly to repair something than to throw it away and replace it.

[@normanboyes4983]

Nice job. $30 part and $1200 Labour😉👍⛵️

[@hanklewis9200]

We did the repair and it works! Thank You!

[@sailingrubyrose]

Awesome mate. Happy to help

[@joesrvhome]

You guys made that look like a cake walk...mine would turn out with a crooked face and missing numbers..no doubt! ha! Great video!

[@IslandSpirit35]

Brilliant job!!!!! Thank you!!!! Great video.

[@sailingrubyrose]

A pleasure mate. Hope we’ve saved you some cash

[@rogercouzens3150]

Great repair job, thanks for sharing! There are a lot of similarities between a Dentist's tools and an Electronics Engineer's tools! 😊

[@bubbagail7450]

You done good Dr. Nick.

[@duncan.5228]

The perfect solution.

[@Draconisrex1]

Great advice with the dental tools and I put them on my sailing 'wish list.'

[@sailingrubyrose]

Glad it was helpful!

[@donr416]

Lucky enough to have a dentist uncle. Scored a box of >50 dental tools with one end damaged.

[@philgray1023]

You are clearly rubbing my nose in this. I paid $269 for this exact repair and found the replacement lcd for $22.

[@simonmetcalfe861]

Thanks for this video, I have been estimating engine hours for about 5 seasons! Seems like I may have been 10% under :( Good instructions and very useful. The only difference being that the LCD screen I bought seems to have a 'stiffener' at the end of the tape already and so the male holding plate was not needed. One job down, npw onto the saildrive !

[@scottschraeger4655]

Nick, Really cool work mat. Can post a link. Love Tech Tuesdays.

[@sailingrubyrose]

Cheers mate

[@westmc45]

I enjoy these kinds of videos

[@donr416]

Very well done. I suggest using DeOxit and DeOxit Gold when working on any Marine connectors. At 69 yo my tremor is getting big enough to make such fine work a bit iffy. Use lintless qtips. Great work.

[@colinboniface194]

I love it when you can stick it up the franchise dealers and save a fortune... Great tech Tuesdays. Just like an old copy of Practical Boat Owner from the 50's...

[@donnakawana]

I loved that!! Learned a lot !! Thank you✌🏻💗☺️❣️

[@SV-DEDICATED]

Right on time.

[@chrisrundlett3707]

That is awesome! Thank you for the great tip!

[@jasonstrong4610]

All that experience with tiny objects pays off again!

[@AliasJimWirth]

This was cool.

[@stimpsonjcat67]

Reminds me of tearing apart the display units on my 1996 Polaris jet ski displays. Those are unobtainium...so keeping my dwindling stock of them alive is difficult.

[@BRuas9080]

Same problem here with a Volvo Hodometer.

[@debbiepowell8623]

Well done.

[@TST1998]

Very informative video! More of this! It brings real value.

[@markjennings2315]

Good idea to polish the inside face of the lens and spray with de-fogger before refitting

[@alimitchell5346]

Great tutorial!

[@johnhaywood6358]

Great video⛵️

[@robertmills794]

Brilliant!

[@thalassaofipswichcorfu2840]

Immaculate timing

[@sailingrubyrose]

Haha. Hope it helps mate.

[@stephenbirch9436]

Well done 👍

[@sailingwithlenny4138]

Nice job

[@pabloblue999]

Nick - Did the light for the engine hours still work prior to your fix? It looks like not. Mine still has the light on, but the hours are showing intermittently. Thanks for the video - very useful.

[@sailingrubyrose]

Pleasure mate

[@ndnjedi]

Great vid. Thank you.

[@2212db]

I've missed technical Tuesdays/Modays/Fridays!

[@scottstromme1792]

TWO thumbs up! I bet yanmar hates you right now. .lol

[@steenkigerrider5340]

This low budget remake of "Marathon Man" was scarier to watch than the original.

[@marcin7154]

Is it safe?

[@koborkutya7338]

Great instruction! One question: unless I missed something the putty was not re-applied. Shouldn't it be?

[@peterdrury5627]

Nice Job!

[@fairdinkum7246]

hahaha, it seems i have to go to medical school to become a dentist first. well done !

[@peetky8645]

nice job

[@simonjones7785]

nice one nick

[@10lauset]

Would a mechanical gauge be considered rather than a LCD one? Cheers

[@desertchild3550]

Cool video but there is another simple way. Just connect a cheap electric hour meter, there is various wiring options, some via alternator,some via oil pressure sensor and some just straight on the ignition switch pending the terminal and switch layout.

[@sailingrubyrose]

True it’s simpler. But it doesn’t look as nice.

[@hazzargooleypunch5805]

Excellent job, only problem: I drank a couple of beers throughout the process (I’m on holiday in the Clare Valley). What happened after you talked about the weird screwdriver thingy with either 5 or 6 points? No, doesn’t matter, my trimaran has Yamaha outboards.

[@rolandomelendez8594]

Great Job Guys,🇵🇷

[@kenpole1840]

very useful. however, where did acquire the dimensional grid work surface?

[@sailingrubyrose]

Walmart mate. Or any craft shop

[@brockallentaylor]

It's good info, but I'm surprised you made it. Absurdly specific! LOL. You still get a like from me :)

[@sailingrubyrose]

Ah mate. It works for Volvo as well. We’ve had so many people asking for it . Thanks for the like though

[@brockallentaylor]

I love doing specific videos like that. It's just whenever I do them I think, who the F is going to be interested in this? Lol. It's a crime of passion, and I thank you for it.

[@glenpeters955]

Thanks Nick great Tip. As a matter of curiosity do you carry a magnetizer / demagnetizer onboard as well just to assist with picking up small screws.

[@sailingrubyrose]

Yes mate. Although it’s difficult with stainless screws

[@larrygolkin5413]

Excellent job!

[@exkinky]

I didn’t see you put the sealant back on the ribbon cable.

[@whitneylake2107]

Superb. Thank you

[@MikeHarrison3266]

Two difficulties for me, One, No dental kit so I got a new strimmer, I needed one anyway and Two, Attractive assistants were out of stock, I think you caused a bit of a run on those but all was well as my baby sister was nearby, 3-year-olds are amazing, who would have known, she did great getting the putty out. Sadly the thing will never work again.😉😆

[@Racerman27410]

Nice work!

[@sv.foamball]

Didn't see you put new electrical putty on the connections. Not shown? Or (more likely) did I just miss it? Thanks!

[@garyag45]

Nice!

[@raireva4689]

Where is the link?

[@blazrepe3173]

Hello, i have a identic problem in panel type B. Please tell me witch model motor do you have. I have 3jh4-e year build 2008.

[@chshrkt]

I did not see you replace the insulating putty, I take you deemed that as not being necessary?

[@sailingrubyrose]

No mate. Didn’t replace it. There were no other sealed parts on the circuit board and the sparse information available on the internet indicates it’s not necessary

[@Gpcas9]

@@sailingrubyrose It´s probably just to really secure the ribbon connector from coming loose due vibration and so reducing product returns when still under warranty. Worst case you have to open the thing up again and refit it if it ever gets loose. But now you know how to do it and there is no "silly putty" in the way ;-)

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@Gpcas9 Agree. It's probably there to hold things together in the face of vibration. In other words, to lock the ribbon cable clamp down. Some kind of electronics safe rubberized glue could work.

[@FrankConforti]

As mention before, sealant is used to hold the flex ribbon in the connectors. They are very susceptible to vibration as there is no mechanical hold between the ribbon and the connectors, only friction. In fact, you may have gotten away with simply removing and reseating the cable first before replacing the lcd display. I have repaired many an electronic device by simply doing that with a quick wipe of 90% isopropyl alcohol, put a bit of hot glue on the connector and ribbon cable. Fun fact, isopropyl alcohol easily removes dried hot glue by breaking the bond between the hardened glue and the components. Magic.

[@Gpcas9]

@@FrankConforti Nah, I think vibration got the better of the ribbon cable by breaking the fine and brittle leads over time. The putty keeps the cable in place but also gives it a place to stress the cable right where the putty ends. Do it like HAL. Change it when it breaks. Dont bother with the Putty. I'm sorry Dave 😏

[@user-jz7oe3xq2u]

Привет подскажите пожалуйста yanmar 4jh4-hte проблема обороты 1700 были резко упали 1200 ?😮

[@madaragamadaraga7770]

Hola buen dia soy daniel de argentina ,te pregunto donde puedo comprar ese display ,es igual al de mi motor nanni 3.21 ,se despegó la sinta y no se puede pegar ,espero contestación gracias.

[@danielsundberg1977]

FYI KZbin has added a 23 minute add to your Vlog today! If income is a big deal to you I would be optioning for different adds!

[@sailingrubyrose]

Thanks for letting me know. They are little buggers! I’ve removed it’s let me know if it’s gone

[@petesheppard1709]

It looks like some sort of magnifier would be quite helpful.

[@jeffoneill3429]

I too had this thought while completing this project.

[@brettharrison2237]

How easy would it be to put the LCD in upside down, or does the location of the ribbon kind of prevent this?

[@sailingrubyrose]

The ribbon prevents this. It will only go in one way

[@brettharrison2237]

Great......it would be a right pain in the arse to reassemble the whole caboodle only to find it reading upside down!😂

[@johnq.public2621]

NICE!

[@andrewbello5017]

Quality

[@sailingrubyrose]

Cheers

[@kenneysseeamerica5750]

Another fine job, What are you going to do with all your free time on the new boat 😉......

[@Neilhuny]

Dentistry for live-aboard sailors, and electronics?

[@donr416]

Torx are 6 pointed.

[@kenpole1840]

Ta muchly

[@bobshaw4063]

May I ask why you are no longer a dentist ?

[@cougarfan1341]

Dental tools? Kept some tools of the former trade, eh?

[@nathanixslade]

More difficult than filling

[@igloo687]

Can’t buy q tips in the uk anymore!

[@cannaroe1213]

Are you having a giraffe? Since when?!