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Old 01-17-2009, 10:17 PM   #2
Indyuke
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Re: question on choking, sans heimlich

I think you have to set the choke by pumping the pedal the night before. While the electric choke will put pressure on the spring, the throttle won't be up on the fast idle cam so the truck will probably stall out right away.

Pumping the pedal always gives the engine a shot of fuel via the accelerator pump, so you'll be without that as well if you pump it the night before and have that fuel disappear overnight. I say try it, I'm curious to know how it works.

PS. remember those AC solenoids that would be electronically activated to bump the idle up when the AC is turned on preventing the engine from bogging down? I think some carbs have them. Maybe you could wire one up (or something like it) so that the computer will send a momentary signal to it that would "pump" the throttle just before attempting to start the engine, thus setting the fast idle cam and giving the engine a squirt of fuel.

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