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1. [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1): Author: Skip Albright <salbrigh@nycap.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:00:24 -0400; I need to test the engine on a 49 dodge. It has a 6v pos ground system. My charger will do 6V , but has a "safety" feature that wont let it charge if it "sees" no voltage at the connectors. How do I; /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00019.html (7,608 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1): Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>; Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 11:26:24 -0500; Note that this does not condone the practice. It simply represents my When growing up we had a '40 Ford flathead v8 dump truck that we would use for snow removal. When it would not start on the 6 vol; /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00022.html (7,878 bytes)
3. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1): Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 11:52:04 -0500; *There are tens of thousands of ag and industrial equipment units in service that were originally 6 volt and have had one-wire 12 volt alternators, 12 volt batteries, and 12 volt coils installed. The; /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00023.html (7,502 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:49:31 -0700; What about hooking up the charger, then giving the battery just a brief shot of 12v from the cables? Seems like that should get your charger going. I saw my Dad do this many times to his 30 Packard.; /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00030.html (7,802 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1): Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:21:45 -0400; Skip, Welcome to the club. I'm helping my dad work on his 40 Packard, it too is a 6V pos. ground system. While this doesn't answer you immediate question, you might want to think about getting a copy; /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00032.html (8,626 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1): Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>; Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:31:37 -0700; I think that it's common in the 356/VW world to switch everything to 12V but leave the 6V starter in place :-) _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/don; /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00033.html (6,984 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1): Author: "David C." <cavanadd@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:18:43 -0700; And yet another somewhat unrelated data point.... Back in the late '70s I had a '51 (or so) GMC half ton pickup. 6 volt system, starter via a pedal on the floor. Ignition switch was a toggle on the d; /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00039.html (9,127 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 22:55:32 -0400; The 8V battery was a pretty common jalopy fix for a slow turning starter. Easier to slap one in, give the voltage regulator a couple twists of a screwdriver (They're mechanical, and can often be adju; /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00040.html (8,894 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1): Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 22:21:04 -0500; *The 8 volt thing worked pretty good on tractors and industrial units but had it's drawbacks in an auto application. My college "ride" was a 52 Chevy with a very hotted up 302 CI GMC motor. The 8 vol; /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00041.html (11,216 bytes)
10. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1): Author: Skip Albright <salbrigh@nycap.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:37:15 -0400; well, thanks to all of you, good info! I jumped the starter directly with a 12v jump box. It clanked hard into the flywheel confirming that we have a seized engine. next we will try to understand the; /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00043.html (9,370 bytes)
11. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1): Author: Pat <Pat@HorneSystemsTx.com>; Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:07:42 -0500; 8 volt batteries are/were fairly common on older farm tractors. The 6 volt batteries just didn't get the engines to turn over very fast and had a weak spark, probably from lack of maintenance of the; /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00052.html (11,941 bytes)

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