Mr $.10 repair speaks:
"Sure, you can buy a new choke cable, but that will set you back at least
$10. Go to Wal-Mart, buy a $2 can of starting fluid, and throw it behind
the seat. Then, when the car doesn't want to start on one of those cold
Florida mornings, just give it a blast of starting fluid."
Mr $.10 repair is really
Thomas James Pokrefke, III
1970 MGB
thomas_pokrefke@juno.com
http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~pokrefke
On Mon, 21 Apr 1997 13:48:59 -0400 (EDT) Mark Moburg
<markmoburg@mindspring.com> writes:
>>The carb had a bodged cheap choke cable attached to it, which is
>removed
>>now. I'm thinking that I might remove the whole choke assembly, as it
>>doesn't seem nessessary in Florida's hot climate. I removed the whole
>>choke from my Galaxie (always stuck, even after rebuild) with no ill
>>effects.
>You might try it, but I'll bet it won't work cold. Reason? The
>Galaxie had
>an Amurrican carburetor with an accelerator pump. The SU doesn't.
>(I'm
>assuming you have SU's). So when you were trying to start the Galaxie
>from
>cold, you'd pump the pedal a couple of times, the carb would squirt
>some raw
>gas in the intake, and away you'd go. Pump the gas pedal a few times
>on an
>SU before you start it, and all you'll do is give your calf muscles a
>workout. Order the right choke cable from one of the regular LBC
>suppliers.
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