Car has been sitting for a while...

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  1. NewMaverickGuy

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    A manual choke would be even better.
     
    NewMaverickGuy, Jan 26, 2018
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    Take the black cap off and see what is in there. It could be just disconnected or out of adjustment.

    I see the electric conversions on ebay for $25-$30 - but I have no idea of their quality. Mechanical or electric, both are easy to work with and both use the same principle of heating a spring to change the tension on the choke plate.
     
    Acornridgeman, Jan 26, 2018
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    Until you get the car running and ascertain the condition of everything else....I wouldn't worry about fixing the choke right now. Get it running first.
     
    Craig Selvey, Jan 28, 2018
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    I figured it would make things a lot easier trying to get this thing running.
     
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    You can work around that issue (if it has one) until you figure out what all is going on.
     
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    It doesn't function. It's supposed to be spring-loaded closed and it's not
     
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    Yes at 30-40*, at 65+ isn't going to make that much difference, carb probably needs rebuilt anyway... Oftentimes why a 6cyl was parked, carbs are junk after 6-8 years of operation... If it was so-so, no doubt worse now...

    The black housing is adjustable, loosen screws and it rotates to adj... If it doesn't move choke flap, probably the finger to linkage isn't in spring as it should be... There are 357* of rotation to get it wrong and maybe three that's correct(I'm allowing 3* of slop in spring loop)... If spring fits into slot, you have less margin of error...
     
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    I'll try it as soon as I can. Darn rain is holding up my progress
     
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    Well I was finally able to test it. Turned out the carb needed a rebuild (of course) and a fuel pump. Put it all together today and it's aliiive! Runs pretty good, just gotta dial in my idle and perhaps a couple other things.
     
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    Thanks for the update ............ :thumbs2:
     
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    Well I'm in a real pickle now. I went out to try to start this thing again and it'll ignite for a second and then immediately die, as soon as I let off the key
     
    NewMaverickGuy, Feb 22, 2018
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    I had a car doing the same thing. It ended up being the starter solenoid.
     
    Craig Selvey, Feb 24, 2018
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