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porsche1914

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Insterment panel voltage regulator
« on: December 28, 2009, 06:42:05 PM »
I need a voltage regulator for the insterment panel  for a 51 Henry J, also still looking for armrests.
Thanks to anyone that can be helpful.
Don
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Re: Insterment panel voltage regulator
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2009, 11:02:43 PM »
I have one of the instrument cluster voltage regulators for the HJ in a box of parts I bought a few years ago. It appears to be used. I don't know if it's good or not. I can send it to  you and if it is, we can work out a price.
Let me know if you're interested.
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Re: Insterment panel voltage regulator
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2009, 05:27:44 PM »
Thanks for the reply. I am very interested and would like to try it,please send me an email and I will send you all of my information.
Thanks again.
Don
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Re: Insterment panel voltage regulator
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2009, 05:33:01 PM »
Sorry I forgot to put in my email,don_holt@hotmail.com
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Don
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Re: Instrument panel voltage regulator
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2010, 07:36:53 PM »
Back years ago after I did the the Kaiser/Chevy Swap, I started thinking about the instrument panel voltage regulator. John Parker had shown the stock unit (51-55 Kaisers) worked under 12V (KF Quarterly article). KF cars used King-Seely gauges and it was a reasonable assumption that early cars and HJs would work as well and they do. However, you could ponder how long a stock KF unit would last. I bought a dash regulator for a 1967 Dodge Dart (also King-Seely instruments) and tried it on a Kaiser. The response was slow. The gauge needles would move slowly between minimum and maximum values, e.g. if the gas tank was half full, the fuel gauge would slowly move back and forth between 1/4 and 3/4 full.
The stock KF regulator works properly and I know of only 2 instances where the regulator went bad and those were on 6V. If you change the car to 12V, use the original panel regulator and if the regulator actually goes bad, replace it with an original unit. 
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