I thought that someone posted a note earlier that said that if you fried anything by converting to 12 volt that it would be in the sender unit, not the guage itself, so I'd start with the sender. I have seen 12 volt replacement senders at either ChevyDuty or Kanes?? Not certain if they are a stock item or would be a back-order item. I'm getting ready to put in a resister for my 6 volt sender so hopefully I won't fry anything when I finish my 12 volt conversion! Wish me luck!!