I purchased a used 2011 S205 Bobcat skid-steer in May 2016. I bought it with the hour meter not working. The man I bought it from said it likely has 2,000- 3,000 hours on it. (The part costs over $800 from the Bobcat dealer, and that is why the owner said he did not replace it.) When I got it home I decided to buy a new hour meter panel for it from eBay so that I know when to do maintenance work like changing the oil. It is a genuine Bobcat instrument panel, which includes the hour meter on its digital display. I put the new panel on my Bobcat and everything works: RPM idle, voltage, and hour meter, but the hour meter reads 9003.0. I'm not sure what to think or do at this point. I thought after putting the new instrument panel in that the hour meter should have shown zero hours? I don't understand why it's showing 9003 hours. Has anyone had any experience with changing the hour meter panel and this type of issue? Thanks, Rick
