[quote="J Lombard" post=13524]Eddie

When I bought the car from Bill Albright someone had tried converting it to 12v so maybe your right something happened to the gauges. I'll have to try and find some gauges and replace them.

regards

J

PS I'm keeping it a 6v system

Any update on your problem?

Eddie:
I am most embarrassed to answer your question but I guess I owe it to anyone following this thread to 'fes up to the problem. So here, reluctantly, is the answer. Some months ago I purchases a replacement glass front cover for the fuel/temp gauge. I replaced the old glass cover with the new one & put the gauges back into the chrome instrument cluster. When I saw Park Waldrop's picture of the instrument voltage regulator I noticed mine was upside down from his. So I took the instrument gauges out, turned the glass cover over, replaced the gauges back into the chrome instrument cluster & now the needles sit to the left of the gauges as they should with the ignition switched off. I'm sorry for the trouble anyone went to to solve this problem that really wasn't a problem.

regards to all

J Lombard

As long as everything works.

It's amazing what you learn and pick up. So many things you just never expected. Don't worry, we've all been there and glad you got it resolved.

[quote="J Lombard" post=13939]Eddie:
I am most embarrassed to answer your question but I guess I owe it to anyone following this thread to 'fes up to the problem. So here, reluctantly, is the answer. Some months ago I purchases a replacement glass front cover for the fuel/temp gauge. I replaced the old glass cover with the new one & put the gauges back into the chrome instrument cluster. When I saw Park Waldrop's picture of the instrument voltage regulator I noticed mine was upside down from his. So I took the instrument gauges out, turned the glass cover over, replaced the gauges back into the chrome instrument cluster & now the needles sit to the left of the gauges as they should with the ignition switched off. I'm sorry for the trouble anyone went to to solve this problem that really wasn't a problem.

regards to all

J Lombard

Murphy's law striketh again.

Hudsonly,
Alex B