OK so for a while now I haven't been able to get my holly's electric choke working at all and its getting cooler now so I would like to get it going. When it use to work it would try to choke when I was driving and I would have to kick it down every time I wasn't on the gas. So basically it doesn't work at all now and I need any and all input to what might be the problem.
oh and i have another question that i thought i would put on this thread. Does anyone run a 9" from a 72 grand marquis? i found one on CL and think i might check it out.
I will at least comment on this. That rear axle will be WAY too wide and would need to be narrowed. It also is a coil spring rear end, not a leaf spring rear end like a Maverick. If it is free, it "might" be worth all the money you would have to spend on it to get it to work. Now back to your Holley question.....
ya i wasn't sure about the width i was thinking it was close to the Granada in size but never mind. And basically i'm looking for any and all possible problems that might be going wrong on my choke.
Yea, I'm sitting on a 72 Montego 9" that to be used in the Maverick will need to be narrowed. I thought about just welding the Maverick axle tubes to the 9" center housing and using the Maverick axles since my 9 is 28 spline, but that's a lot of work and to go to that expense. From preliminary measurements, the tubes on the 9" housing are flat where the coils mount and the cut would be right in the middle of the flat which complicates just cutting and adding the correct ends. Plus I already have collected all of the parts to rebuild my Explorer 8.8 that has 31 spline axles.
On your choke, make sure it's getting 12V power. Switched from the ignition is best. If it is getting power, make sure the little tab that grounds it is touching the ring the screws tighten down. Still no good? use a multimeter to test the resistance value of the choke itself. I'm not sure of what it should read, but it should read something in ohms. If you get the infinity symbol ( ∞ ), it's open circuit which means toast!
I have done the first few simple things that you mentioned first, but i'm a little confused on the last bit. Are you saying that i should test the current threw the choke spring. Could you elaborate?
Sorry, I don't relay things too well sometimes! There is a little tab somewhere on the black cover that is a return ground. You shouldn't have to remove the choke cover to do this, but you can if it's easier for you. Remove the power lead to the choke cover. Connect your multimeter to the power terminal and to the little tang that grounds it and measure the resistance. You will get a numerical reading in ohms, or you will get an ∞ symbol. What you are doing here is making sure the little coil is not burned out. If you get a numerical reading the coil is most likely good. If you get a ∞ symbol, the connection is broken and the coil is bad. You may be able to test it with a test light also. Remove the power lead, connect the alligator clamp on your test light to the + terminal on your battery. Now touch the point to the terminal on your choke housing. If it lights ( even dimly ) the coil is good. I hope this helps!
