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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 246 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 246 | I have a 1953 Chevy truck with a 235 is it better to use a 6v starter ot a 12v starter . I converted the electrical to 12v ... I know they sell 12 v starters . | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 |
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 | The starter needs to be matched to the flywheel. 6 Volt starter works fine on a 12 Volt system( foot start). A solenoid starter is a different beast. 6 Volt starter with a 6 Volt flywheel. 12 Volt starter with a 12 Volt wheel. The diameter and tooth pitch are different(count the teeth on the flywheel to determine what you have). 139 teeth on the 6 Volt fly wheel. More on the 12 Volt one.
Steve H
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | Steve, fyi, the link Bob's your uncle told him that
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Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 | One of the reasons that I reluctantly abandoned the six volt starter was the incredible increase in RPM that the 12 volt battery turns the six volt starter. Instant start up without the "I think I can, I think I can" sinking feeling of the six volt battery. Having said that, the other reason I made the switch was the frustration that I had with the voltage regulator (I went with a one wire, internal regulator alternator).
Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
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