engine hours counter

after having lived with this issue for years I finally got it sorted

last week when my very clever and practical friend Daniel visited from

Germany. The comments and videos sent a year ago were very helpful, thank you!

Here is what we did:

 - I ordered a replacement LCD plus ribbon from AKSpeedo for Pounds 19.99

    note: on the website I  clicked on "VDO LCD Pixel repair" in order to find the item       needed

-  to remove the hour counter Daniel  unscrewed the round unit from the back , i.e. from       inside the locker (no need to remove the entire square unit from the front)

-   taking the unit apart he was very careful not to damage anything: among the tools he     used was a  wooden toothpick!

-   successful result: the total number of hours are displayed again : just under 3000            hours, an average of 150 hours per year , which makes sense  for my Hanse 2004           which went into service in 2005

   with greetings to all Hanse friends 

   Wieland - "Happy Dayz"