I was reading my service manual while trying to find a part number on the instrument panel cover lens (my gf scratched it really bad while trying to clean it) I came across this about the hour meter.

"Engine hours are displayed in the format, “hr9999”. The cluster will accumulate values up to 9,999 hours before the display rolls over to zero."

I would have figured that DC would have put a longer running ability in their hour meter. I figured that if your running at the avg. 35mph on the clock time then you will roll the clock over at 350,000 miles. I guess DC isn't worried about it considering at 35mph avg the truck should be out of the total 100K warranty at about 2850 hrs.

Anyone know what a new instrument panel lense cost for a 05 ?

 

It's like Y2K.

 

Guess I don't have but another 159,000 miles to go before mine rolls over. Have 6460 as of yesterday morning, have about 8 more added to it yesterday.

 

3050hrs 75000 miles

 

With an average just over 35 mph mine should roll over right around 350,000 miles. At the rate I'm accumulating them I shouldn't have to worry, it will be 21 years old when I reach that point. Hope I'm not driving the same one in 20 more years.

 

Part number 4829851AC runs about $34.00 at your local dealer.

Travist