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Bob M's diagram MIGHT help, but it's probably similar, and similarly confusing, to the diagram that came with your kit. Unfortunately, there's no "universal" way to convert to 12V, and without more information from you, there's absolutely no way to break it down "Mr. Potato Head style" for you. Who's kit did you get? What did it come with? The basic steps are:
1. Remove 6V battery, 6V light bulbs, voltage regulator and generator.
2. Install alternator, fabricating new bracketry or modifying the existing bracket as necessary.
3. Install 12V light bulbs.
4. Install 12V battery, attaching the - terminal to the tractor frame.
5. Wire it up, which could be a couple different ways depending on the alternator you have. If you've got a one-wire alternator, you're on easy street. All you need to do is run a wire from the terminal on the alternator back to the battery's + terminal. If you want to do it right, you can run the wire from the alternator to the starter switch, connecting to the main cable that runs back to the battery. Other connections:
1. Battery + to on/off switch, then on/off switch to the coil. If you want to do it right, you can run the wire from the main battery cable on the stater switch to the on/off switch.
2. Battery + to fuse, then fuse to light switch, then light switch to lights. If you want to do it right, you can run the wire from the battery side of the on/off switch instead of running a separate wire from the battery.
3. Battery + to starter switch, with heavy 2 or 0 gauge cables. If you need the tractor now, put it back the way it was and use it.
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