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Old 03-22-2013, 07:20 PM   #39
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Re: Best carb?

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Originally Posted by Lattimer View Post
Not entirely sure what you are talking about with the piece of wire. I'll have to look at it closer.

I've messed with it a lot with the air cleaner off, and the choke is always staying open then once the truck is warm. Never messed with an electric choke before this. I adjusted the way Edelbrock's instructions show, and it seems to work fine in terms of starting.
I appolagise, I was was thinking about the function of a holley not an edelbrock. The part I was talking about in my previous post is on the throttle linkage side of the carb not on the choke side. It's the part on the top plate of the carb in the center. There's a rod going from that down to a stepped bracket. It's function is to hold the throttle blades open until the bi-metal spring in the choke housing heats up & than when you blip the throttle the choke disengages. Wire that back so that it cannot touch the screw thats on the throttle shaft. I've had the same problem with edelbrocks & carter afb's before & adjusting the choke is what fixed it.
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