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01-24-2014, 08:08 AM | #1 |
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It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
I have a 64. I am running the rebuilt original 283 and rebuilt original Rochester 2G. It is my son’s DD. The 2G has the cable operated choke. I am thinking about changing carbs to a 2GC or 2GV to get an electric or vacuum pull off. Can these chokes be set up to reliably allow you to start the truck and walk away and have the engine warm up? I live where the winter low temps usually range from 0 to 30 degrees. Should I go with the electric thermostatic coil type or the type mounted to the intake? Would it be worth the effort to change?
Thanks for your help.
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01-24-2014, 08:55 AM | #2 |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
You having any problems out of the cable choke, or are you just wanting something a little less manual?
I've had all types, me personally I'd rather have manual choke. Electric is real nice though, when calibrated correctly. I've helped fix many a poorly adjusted electric chokes.
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
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I think the carb in the photo is direct bolt on?
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01-24-2014, 12:34 PM | #4 |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
I have a manual choke on my '66 edelbrock carb, and what I did was adjust the choke idle screw to make the idle higher. All I do know is pull the choke a little, and it raises the idle as well and I can walk away while my truck is idling. Works fine for me.
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01-24-2014, 01:03 PM | #5 |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
My 65 has a 230 with manual choke, they were set up to pull all the way out on start up and slowly push in as it warms up. My truck will high idle with the choke slightly out, only takes a minute or two for it to get to the slightly out position before you can walk away. It' all in the adjustments.
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01-24-2014, 01:59 PM | #6 |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
If your looking to make more driver friendly, I`d go with the electric choke as the therostatic will require semi yearly maintenance to keep it operarting friendly, the electric is just with the initial setup. Nothing wrong with the manual choke, its all up to you...!
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Thanks for the input.
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01-25-2014, 11:15 AM | #8 |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
Before you go searching for another carb I've got a question.
Is your factory heat riser working on your exhaust? |
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Thanks geezer.
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01-26-2014, 10:51 AM | #10 |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
I did a quick check yesterday. I plan to look closer today. Is the counterweight supposed to move down as the truck warms in the cold and runs in cold or warm weather? Mine is sitting parallel to the ground and would need to move up to open. I think I put it back together wrong after cleaning it up when we rebuilt the engine and reinstalled? if it is wrong is it closed all the time unless under a hard load?
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
When the arm is level with the flange its closed.
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01-26-2014, 11:05 AM | #12 |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
I'm not sure on the positioning.
Does it have the bi-metal spring on it too? Likely need to pull it apart to see. If it is closed all the time then when you tap the throttle you might hear it rattle. If the intake gets warm real quick when first started then you'll know if it's closed or not. |
01-26-2014, 11:06 AM | #13 |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
So... in the open position, the arm moves toward the ground?
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01-26-2014, 12:13 PM | #15 |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
The valve should be placed just like that one shown with the counter weight to the outside, it should move freely down, they were placed in this position so if the spring ever broke they would stay open as opposed to staying closed.
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
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The reason I mentioned the heat riser was that if it's not working and diverting exhaust heat under the intake then no matter what style of choke is on your carb it will still be a pain to set it right for a trouble free warm up. |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
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Do you or anyone reading this know who much tension should be on the thermo spring?
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01-26-2014, 01:41 PM | #18 |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
When the truck is cold, it should feel like the weight of a shot glass, not sure how else to decribe it....
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01-26-2014, 01:53 PM | #19 |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
Thanks Rich, I'll lift a few before I start. haha
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
If you are still running the heated intake ( stock or aftermarket ) yes if your not running an electric or manual choke.
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01-26-2014, 09:53 PM | #22 |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
Well, I found that the stop pin was bent so the counterweight unwound, came up and around and was resting on the side of the engine block. This was in an always open position. I was able to bend the pin back into place. I warmed the spring with propane torch and it looks like it will work fine. As far as the spring tension, there really isn't more than one setting. I also found a loose spark plug while I was checking it over. So now I will run it a few days to see how it does before do anything else.
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
Is the thermostatic spring installed backwards? It appears that when this thermostatic coil cools down, the coil tries to become smaller(contract), turn clockwise, & lower the weighted end and open the flap. And when it is heated, the coil will try to unwind(expand), turn counter clockwise, and the way it's wound would make the flap close tighter--the opposite of what is needed.
Heat-logic--unless my reasoning is backwards--says the thermostatic spring needs to be reversed [on the split in the shaft]. Please point out my error if I'm reasoning incorrectly. Sam |
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
I guess I don't need the heat riser on my engine because I don't have a stock intake. My intake is a Holly. I don't think the exhaust gas will re route thru the Holly. See attachment. I don't know how to make the attachment bigger. Sorry
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Re: It’s cold outside. Carburetor choke on stock engines.
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In this photo you can see the other stop. The riser is upside down. My son drove the truck today. The high temp was around 30 degrees. I hope to talk to him later to see how it did. I'll report back.
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