I mounted mine with a spacer and bolt to the coil bracket where condenser goes.
I've seen them on the firewall. Will not glow but don't grab it to see how hot
it is.
Starter by-pass goes to coil side of resistor, does not go through resistor.
Grant 50 3100
Allen L. Jones wrote:
> 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.....)
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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