Converting ww2 mb wills jeep from 6 volt to 12 volt

Lynn Eades · #1 01-09-10, 09:25

With what John has just said, it is probably possible to run the original genny to produce 12 volts, by just swapping the 6 volt regulator for a 12 volt one from a dodge 12 volt. Then everything looks original. The genny should be fine at 12 volt. When you run one up without the regulator, they'll put out upwards of 50 volts ( for a short time)

Little Jo · #2 02-09-10, 02:56

lynn

Thank you, great to see there is so much info out there. It is always good hear from someone who had done it before, this makes it easier to put into practice.

Cheers

Little Jo

Hanno Spoelstra · #3 24-09-10, 11:17

This might help also: http://www.film.queensu.ca/cj3b/Tech/SixVolt.html

Little Jo · #4 26-09-10, 10:41

Hanno

Thank you for the great site on 6 volt to 12 volt conversion. I have printed it off for reference when I start putting the MB Jeep back together again. The restoration is coming along fine and I appear to be on schedule as I would like to drive it to Corowa in March 2010.

I have been impressed with the great advice I have been receiving from MLU members. I have enclosed a Photo of when Saleman Bob and I collected the Jeep and a current photo of where I am up to with the restoration as of today.

I am waiting for further parts to continue with the project. My aim is to paint the vehicle in LRDG colours.

Just for interest, my family immmigrated to Australia from Hilligom Holland in 1950 and I have visited Holland many times over the years.

Thanks again for the information.

Cheers

Little Jo

Hanno Spoelstra · #5 13-10-10, 09:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Little Jo

Just for interest, my family immmigrated to Australia from Hilligom Holland in 1950 and I have visited Holland many times over the years.

Tony,

Great! The world is only a small place, and the Dutch have really spread across the globe. Did your family live in Hillegom during WW2? See this thread for some pictures of that period in history.

Regards,
Hanno

Little Jo · #6 14-10-10, 01:41

Hanno

Yes mate, my family came from Hillegom and I still have an aunty there, though she is old now. I loved the "Thread" showing photos of Canadian troops when they liberated Hillegom on the 8th May 1945.

In one photo which shows a young man with his hand on the Jeep neer the Tack sign, when I forwarded this to my Aunty she was surprised and wrote back that he was the brother of her brothers wife.

Hillegome was a small place and everyone knew each other. There was a book written after the war, " Hillegome 1941 - 1945" under German occupation, I bought the book during one of my visits to Holland, however I lent it to a relative who passed away and the book is lost. It covered a lot about the town and refers to many of my family relatives. It also shows a photograph of a group of people in the town during liberation and shows me as a small boy with my aunty. My family immigrated to Australia in 1950.

Cheers

Little Jo