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Then search for 12v conversion. There are several threads. I wouldn't convert unless the starter is bad. Like I said, it is simple. Replace the starter, remove one battery, the...
I think he means that there is no cure for green metal fever. First it is a M1008, then you "need" a matching M1009 and then you may as well get a deuce, or two, or three. While you are at it, why not get a 5 ton? And so it goes.
The CUCV uses 24v (two batteries, each with its own 12v alternator) for the starting circuit. Check the voltage on both. If just one is low, put jumper cables across that battery and you may be able to crank it. Then check voltage on both batteries. Chances are that you either have poor...
I think that mod is to replace the cheap relay that is in the starter circuit, not the GP controller.
The simple answer to how to bypass the GP controller is to put in a momentary ON switch, remove the pink wire from the GP relay and route a wire from one side of the switch to the GP relay...
An interesting fact about Indian motorcycles. Prior to WWI motorcycles were used by a lot of rural mail carriers and the Indian was considered the best, most reliable bike of the era and was also the most popular. When the US entered WWI they bought the entire production of Indian motorcycles...
Just surfing when I found this neat site with all sorts of military aircraft. Mustangs, Spitfires, Saab Draaken, Skyhawks, and more! Even a flyable Harrier. :drool:
Call up Nashville Electric Service (the public electric utility) and ask if they have any mineral oil removed from transformers available. They may just give it to you.
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