OK, more questions. Now that I have my resistor (zowee, that thing looks like
it's made to get hot), where the heck am I supposed to mount it? It has a
central mounting hole and a big sheet metal screw. Will this thing glow red
and bubble my new paint? Where do the rest of you folks mount the resistor?
Also, does the starter by-pass wire ALSO go through the resistor, or does it go
directly to the coil? Thanks everyone for the assistance! I appreciate it.
>>> Grant Galbraith <trks@javanet.com> 05/05 11:11 AM >>>
The resistor goes between the regular feeder from ign switch. Standard Ignition
RU-4 works. It's for a Mopar. Others may work also. BTW as you may already
know, the 12 volt starter should only be used with a 12 volt flywheel as it
will tear up the 6 volt flywheel.
Grant 50 3100
Allen L. Jones wrote:
> I've converted everything over to 12 volts with only the coil remaining to
>purchase (kept the point distributor and changed to a 12V starter). Do I need
>to run an external resistor with an external 12V coil? If so, does it go
>between the starter bypass and the coil or the regular 12V feeder wire (from
>the cab) and the coil? I've looked at the chevytrucks web site and see no
>reference to what brand/type/size of resistor I would need. Can anyone tell
>me? Thanks for the h_e_l_p.
>
> Allen
> '50 3100 (damn near finished.....)
>
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