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Re: 6-12V conversion


On 23 Jul 97, James L. McGill wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Steven Ayres wrote:
> 
> >JMcGill: Oops, I forgot a couple of things. You don't have to change the 
> >fuel tank sender, but you'll want a 12V fuel guage. Either replace the 
> >whole unit, idiot lights and all, or it's easy to pop the fuel indicator 
> >unit out of a late guage and into your early one.
> 
> I already replaced the gauge with what I suspect is a 12v one. 
> Because the fuel reads way low.  So what I should do now is the
> reverse of this "easy to pop" trick...  To put the 6v gauge into my
> late gauge!

I think both the gauge and the sender are marked for voltage.  To work
on 12 V you would want to have 12 V units in both locations.

Jim
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