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Jljde
 Post subject: Manual Choke kit
PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:42 pm 
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I saw this the other day at the parts store...didn't tear the package apart, but it looked like a cable with some sort of black plastic wheel.

Anyone ever installed a manual choke on a s/6? Easy? Stupid? Difficult? I know that everyone will point me to the electronic choke kit, but the manual one is $11, and it's a pain in the balls lifting the hood to close the choke for a cold start, so I have to do something... :oops:

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Easy enough job, long as your carb isn't missing anything. Maybe have to make a slight mod? I put a 350 holley on my car and it took 30 seconds to install the manual choke (comes with linkage already).
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Easy enough job, long as your carb isn't missing anything. Maybe have to make a slight mod? I put a 350 holley on my car and it took 30 seconds to install the manual choke (comes with linkage already).
I don't think it's missing anything at all, it just isn't going back to closed (or open...I always get confused and turned around) when it's cold. So I guess the new spring is sprung, or the linkage is sloppy or something. Do you run it through an existing hole in the firewall or make a new one or what?

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Those manual-choke kits are mostly meant for carbs that have a black plastic integral choke thermostat as original equipment. They're pretty "backwoods" (cobbled up) on a setup like the slant-6 has. Much better if your choke thermostat has failed: one of the Electric choke kits.

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Those manual-choke kits are mostly meant for carbs that have a black plastic integral choke thermostat as original equipment. They're pretty "backwoods" (cobbled up) on a setup like the slant-6 has. Much better if your choke thermostat has failed: one of the Electric choke kits.
Ahhhh...I figured you'd say that, but now I know, and knowing...

I'll be getting one of the Electric Choke kits then. How long does the install take? Just a rough guesstimate...1 hr? 4 hrs? Looks to me like it's just bolting the kit with the link rod down to the place on the engine where the spring used to live.

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It'll take you between 15 minutes and an hour depending on how quickly you work and how pretty you want your install to be.
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It'll take you between 15 minutes and an hour depending on how quickly you work and how pretty you want your install to be.
Oh, that's no big deal. :)

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Those manual-choke kits are mostly meant for carbs that have a black plastic integral choke thermostat as original equipment. They're pretty "backwoods" (cobbled up) on a setup like the slant-6 has. Much better if your choke thermostat has failed: one of the Electric choke kits.
1231, right?

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For a 1bbl '65 Valiant? Yes, 1231.

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For a 1bbl '65 Valiant? Yes, 1231.
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