Scag Freedom Z hour meter

Bert-
Farmer's new Cheetah II
Patriot
Freedom
Liberty

These are the only ones I know about.

interesting I will double check them next time they come in

I read they ALL do no have inductive hour meters.. But didn't get any additional info Bert..

nanobooboo said:

Hi, I have a 2015 Freedom Z 52" deck with the B&S 25hp engine. The hour meter died on it. Check for 12v and power's there, but it doesn't work. It's wired so that the clock comes on with the key.

I ordered a replacement per my manual, p/n 484565 (first picture). The vendor sent me the wrong clock, which only has one wire (it's the second picture). I dug around for quite a while and discovered the part numbers changed (Scag probably changed supplier) but the vendor is maintaining that I'm at fault by ordering the "wrong thing". Good grief. On Amazon, the comments on my meter's part number show the same issue.

Any enlightenment out there? To save the trouble, is this unit usable on my machine? I would like to have it wired the same way, on with the key, so I don't see that happening.

I hate fighting with bozos...

Click to expand...

I know this string is a bit out dated, but just incase someone runs into this issue as I just did on my Cheetah. Apparently Scag dropped part number 483537 that use to be powered by the battery and come on with the switch......484565, the NEW superseded part as they call it is self powered with an internal battery and the hour meter is always showing the hours. You simply disregard the 2-prong plug and plug the single line to the single prong on the new hour meter. It's already connected to the spark plug from the factory if you are doing a replacement, so your good to go. The downside is you are starting over at 0 hours. There are some aftermarket meters available that allow you to set your hours, so you can pick up where you left off if you remember your hours. I'm just going to write on my manual the approximate hours when the old meter quit working and I'll just add that to the new hours to give an accurate number if I sell it.