Military Vehicle Repair: 12 volt conversion of CUCV, tango uniform, starter solenoid

Question
Saw your article about 12v conversion of the 24v CUCV that was posted back in 2003.
You mentioned then that the 12v starter is expensive. Probably is but I continue to use the 24v starter in my CUCV that has been converted to 12v. And, yes, maybe the 12v system spins the 24v starter over a little slower but it seems to work just fine. I suppose if the 24v starter goes Tango Uniform I'll have to get the 24v starter rebuilt or break down and buy a 12v starter.
BTW, the driver side alternator on my rig was removed to make room for an air conditioning compressor so this CUCV has A/C! Not a bad thing to have in Phoenix. The system still uses 2 12v batteries hooked up in parallel.
Wondering if you see a down side to this particular conversion? Don't see any for now.

Thanks for your time,
Jerry

Answer
Hi Jerry,
Not a whole lot of converting to do, because just about everything on the truck orriginally was 12 volt.
I am surprised that the 24 volt starter solenoid pulls in, but hey....if it works, that's great.

I have two 1009's with A/C, but they came as ambulances orriginally, and already had the compressors mounted.

Van