Manual Vs Auto-Choke on a Quad? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**71CHEVYSHORTBED402** · 01-23-2016, 06:27 PM

I'm tearing this truck down. The only items not requiring attention are the guts of the engine, transmission and rear end. The plan is all original. Where that's not possible OER or as close as reasonably possible.

That said, years ago my old mechanic advised my cold start issues was due to the auto-choke combined with the missing stove pipe. The pipe will be included with the restore.

Thing of it is, my quad (edit: 4bbl Rochester) is missing the auto-choke components, or at least some. More than that, the carb and manual choke on this haven't failed me by any measure in decades, which is another way of saying I like it a lot. On topic, can anyone advise the correct routing for a manual choke through the firewall?

My primary question is, what would you do?

I added a poll, just cuz..............Thank you

View Poll Results: Stuff..........You can select more than one option.
Run with Manual choke	4	26.67%
Run with Automatic choke	3	20.00%
Era correct engine on my 1967-70 has a Manual choke	2	13.33%
Era correct engine on my 1971-72 has a Manual choke	1	6.67%
Era correct engine on my 1967-70 has an Automatic choke (they even come with?)	2	13.33%
Era correct engine on my 1971-72 has an Automatic choke	5	33.33%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 15. You may not vote on this poll

01-23-2016, 06:27 PM	#1
71CHEVYSHORTBED402 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern Nevada Posts: 7,256	Manual Vs Auto-Choke on a Quad? I'm tearing this truck down. The only items not requiring attention are the guts of the engine, transmission and rear end. The plan is all original. Where that's not possible OER or as close as reasonably possible. That said, years ago my old mechanic advised my cold start issues was due to the auto-choke combined with the missing stove pipe. The pipe will be included with the restore. Thing of it is, my quad (edit: 4bbl Rochester) is missing the auto-choke components, or at least some. More than that, the carb and manual choke on this haven't failed me by any measure in decades, which is another way of saying I like it a lot. On topic, can anyone advise the correct routing for a manual choke through the firewall? My primary question is, what would you do? I added a poll, just cuz..............Thank you __________________ Tony 71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assembly kit for restoring the (a) truck from the ground up. My build thread, and more on the assembly kit https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025 Last edited by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402; 01-23-2016 at 10:13 PM.



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