curious about manual chokes
 

just wondering if anyone could let me know if manual chokes are nothing but trouble. My buddy got rid of his cause he had to be really precise with it and it was causing problems. Then again, he do drive a Ford :lol:

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My manual choke works fine (for a manual choke). Took some practice and 'spurience but I can about choke it the right amount per the ambient temperature outside 7 out of 8 times. Occasionally I'll choke it too much and smell some unburnt gas, or I won't choke it enough, then over-gas it.

The reason mine has a manual choke is because the auto-choke (non-electric) broke about 2 years after the truck was new.... so uh... about 5 years before I was born :P

Really, you don't want to drive down the road with it choked. Use the choke to help get it going and to get out of the driveway. When you get rolling about 10-15 MPH you should be giving it enough gas to not have to choke it. Re-choke it when you get to stoplights, or throw it in neutral, to keep the revs up.

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Love my manual choke, soooooo much less hassle than electrics in my opinion. I'll never use another electric choke carb.

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I had a 72 Chevy with a 350. I replaced the hot air choke on the Rochester carb with a generic manual choke. (The hot air choke started giving me trouble during the cold Colorado mornings in the winter.) Problem solved and really had no problem adjusting the choke.
... Reminds me as a kid riding with Dad in his 48 Chevy, he would tinker with the manual choke to get the straight six to run 'just right'. :cool:

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manual is very easy and better then electric in my opinion. my old dodge had one and it would start no matter what temp it was outside. I know your thinking of it cause yours has been a real pain in the a$$. Well if you do do manual swap then mount the chock lever in the cig lighter hole. some one else did it and it looks nice and clean

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yeah i remember reading that and I was thinking about doing that. At least its out of the way then, eh.

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yeah u got it right. really cool idea if you ask me. since your auto choke is being a real pain go for manual for the easy fix. it does get pretty cold up your way

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My thing about manual vs electric is its only that cool around here for a few months, usually its just barely cold enough to warrant the choke, and I can never get it QUITE right for the fraction of choke I need. When its brrrrrrrrr cold its no problem to yank it about all the way, but when its 50-60 and I just need a smidge to help get'er going, yeah.

I'm getting the 650 CFM Eddybroke w/ electric choke when I get my new motor.

But that's a ways a way now isn't it. :silly:

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Glad to hear that man. Your going with the 350 right after the cab swap and all that. sorry to hi jack. another thing about a manual chock is that it is an old school tool. gives a truck its charictor

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If by "character" you mean evil satanic deity. :P

Yeah, my plan is to make boocoodles of money during christmas to get the thing painted and then in the spring get the HO350 and have that TH700R4 rebuilt for gas engine, and put 3.73 positraction in the 12 bolt.

But enough hijacking.

Manual choke = pain, but nonetheless manual choke > hotair choke.

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The only problem I ever had with a manual choke was forgetting to un-choke it. If there's a next time, it's gonna get a pilot light.

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just got my manual choke today. does anyone know how to connect the cable to the butterfly valve. having trouble understanding the instructions.