6 Volt to 12 Volt

Cherokee · Post by **Cherokee** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:46 am

Hi
When i bought my Beetle the seller told me it had been changed to 12 Volt. This seems to be the case, the battery is a 12 Volt type.
I was wondering if anyone could tell me what would have been changed/altered to make this change. eg would it have had a new starter, wiper motor, bulbs etc?
Any info would be great.
Cheers
Cherokee

scott66bug · Post by **scott66bug** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:53 pm

I have the same car!! although with a left hand drive vs right. Mine too was converted and my undertsanding is as follows

all bulbs would be changed but fixtures would not
Radio would change
Generator and voltage regulator would change
wiper motor would be changed

I believe that is all

Good luck with your bug...i just took mine apart to take it in for paint. if you are curious its posted in the restoration section

cheers

Scott

Cherokee · Post by **Cherokee** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:21 am

Would love to get mine painted. Will need some new panels and so would be off road for some time. At the moment i'm using it as my daily driver (have run company cars for the last 20 years, Chrysler Grand Voyager) so would have to buy another car while my Bugs off the road.

Still not sure my cars seasand, looks lighter to me.

are you in UK with your left hand drive Bug?

Post by **jmartini** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:45 am

It does look lighter than seasand in that photo. It may be that someone picked a different beige color and repainted it but it looks nice either way!

Boris1966 · Post by **Boris1966** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:50 pm

My car was also changed to 12 volt.

All the above mentioned things were changed, but recently i also changed the starter motor and flywheel to 12 volt too as is was occasionally letting me down when starting.
Remember if you are sending 12 volts through a 6 volt starter you have to be careful not to turn the key for too long in the ignition as i have been told that it can cause the starter to burn out eventually.
it starts every time now!!

x Leane

Cherokee · Post by **Cherokee** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:41 am

Remember if you are sending 12 volts through a 6 volt starter you have to be careful not to turn the key for too long in the ignition as i have been told that it can cause the starter to burn out eventually.
it starts every time now!!

I'll bear the above in mind!!!!!!!!

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