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Power – Direct drive starters require up to 50 percent more electrical power to turn over the car’s engine than do gear reduction starters. This means direct drive requires more current from the car’s battery, larger battery cables are needed and other components are designed to handle higher...

I do try to apply the rules equally to all. If you will thoroughly post how you did your conversion, I am sure it will be useful and appreciated by many readers on the site. If your post upsets the "purists", they can simply ignore the thread.(I will remove any negative comments so you can...

Do not get personal, posting in the forums(good humor excepted). NMC, are you going to document and share your conversion? It may be helpful to others that choose to do the same. We would appreciate your effort and time to share this.

Yes, I simply removed the original red wire at the GP relay(taped the end over). Then I made a new wire and installed it on the GP relay and the other end is on the 12v stud above the GP relay. If I ever have a totally dead front battery and only have a mil vehicle to slave start with, I can...

If your interested, here's a "based on experience" comparison. Here in NY, In the 80's, it seemed that all civilian 12v diesel Chevys(new then), either would need a jump or needed to be plugged in, to start in the wintertime. In the last 2 winters, my M1008 with 24v starter, starts ever...