M S Fowler,

I converted my old 190D to pencil (parallel) GP and it started much quicker. I made bushings out of the loop GP in a lathe and screwed the pencil GP `into the bushing an dinto the head. Hardest part was getting out the porceline.

I just ran wires with crimp on terminals from one GP to the next, replaced the resistance wire in the dash indicator with a piece of solid copper wire and connected the in and out wires to the resistance box to the same terminal (thus removing the resistor box from the circuit).

I have heard that replacement parallel GP kits with larger GP threads are available which would make the conversion much easier. However, I don't know where they are available. Maybe soneone else in the forum knows.

P E H