Gentlemen; The old automatic transmission in my 54 Stude coupe gave out so we are doing a Stude to Chevy conversion. The new starter is a 12v so I am going to do a 6 volt pos gound to a 12v neg ground conversion.
I have a few questions and would appreciate your input.
I would like to maintain the operation and integrity of the old gauges as they look cool and work very well.
So do i put in a dropping resistor for the Fuel - Temp and Amp guages and simply reverse the wires to compensate for change in polarity?
Also I have a Pertronix unit in the Stude distributor that is set up 6v pos gnd. I am assuming that unit will have to get changed as well as the coil.
I did a Daniel Stern lamp conversion a couple of years ago, all 6v, and would like to keep it as is. Would a dropping resistor take care of that also? Same question for interior lights and tail lights and turn indicators.
I have a 6v electric fuel pump. Would a resistor work for that also?
I will be replacing the 6v generator and regulator with a 1 wire 12v alternator. This is a no brainer as I have done this before.
Would 1 dropping resistor work for everything ? I would then just run a separate wire to the starter switch on the dash and then directly to the starter.
Does this make sense or is there a better way?
Thank you in advance
Mark
I have a few questions and would appreciate your input.
I would like to maintain the operation and integrity of the old gauges as they look cool and work very well.
So do i put in a dropping resistor for the Fuel - Temp and Amp guages and simply reverse the wires to compensate for change in polarity?
Also I have a Pertronix unit in the Stude distributor that is set up 6v pos gnd. I am assuming that unit will have to get changed as well as the coil.
I did a Daniel Stern lamp conversion a couple of years ago, all 6v, and would like to keep it as is. Would a dropping resistor take care of that also? Same question for interior lights and tail lights and turn indicators.
I have a 6v electric fuel pump. Would a resistor work for that also?
I will be replacing the 6v generator and regulator with a 1 wire 12v alternator. This is a no brainer as I have done this before.
Would 1 dropping resistor work for everything ? I would then just run a separate wire to the starter switch on the dash and then directly to the starter.
Does this make sense or is there a better way?
Thank you in advance
Mark
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