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RE: TR Choke Cable - Too Loose

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Subject: RE: TR Choke Cable - Too Loose
From: "Biedermann, Frank (SSABSA)" <frank@ssabsa.sa.gov.au>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 12:13:09 +1030
> Maybe I've just put up with for so long so I think that 
> Standard Triumph 
> designed the choke cable that way, but, mine is loose and 
> won't stay out 
> after pulling on it. The springs at the carbs pull the cable 
> back so I end 
> up hanging on to it to keep the mixture rich while the engine 
> is cold. I 
> seem to remember doing this since I first got the car in 1970.

I don't know if it's the same for the TR4A, but for the TR6 you twist the
choke knob (say) a quarter turn (either direction) when you pull it out to
lock it in position. I imagine Triumph didn't think that up just for the TR6
and later models...

Hope this helps,

Frank Biedermann
69 TR6 PI
Adelaide 
AUSTRALIA

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