6V-12V question relating to 1956 Javelin

[crosbyman]

BIlly J .. John…. looks like all the needed parts to convert are in the barn 🙂 per the initial post

Another solution might be to harvest a couple of 12V choke solenoids from some ’57 and later RD’s that are resting in my barn.

Joining AOMCI has priviledges 🙂

• This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by crosbyman.

[bill-mcnamara]

Frank, thanks for the lead to the Dale resistor, looks promising.

Re-checked the resistance of the solenoid again, and got 1.2 ohms on x10 scale.

I apologize for the incorrect data earlier guys. I thought I had sent a reply that included corrected data and a picture last night, apparently it didn’t send.

[bill-mcnamara]

Took Frank’s suggestion and bought a couple of the Vishay Dale resistors.
They do the job perfectly.
Shown also is the test contraption I made up connecting 2 of the auto resistors in parallel.
It also worked well, but the size differential will make it a lot easier to locate the new Dales inside the connection boxes for sure.

Thanks to all for contributing your knowledge.

Bill.

[frankr]

(Applause!!!). Now we know. This is much needed information. Thanks Bill, for carrying out the experiment.

[bill-mcnamara]

Final Words:
Did some measurements to both systems after installing the new resistors just now, and the nice little Vishay-Dale units show a voltage drop of 6.8V opposed to 7.8V with the old porcelain versions.
Voltage at the choke solenoids now reads 4.5V instead of 3.5V .

Both chokes snap to attention on demand. That extra Volt certainly did the trick, and I’m no longer worried about frying a solenoid attached to the bottom of a fuel filled carburetor.

Thanks again for the contributions Guys!

Bill.

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