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Re: choke cable positioning

To: dcouncil@imt.net
Subject: Re: choke cable positioning
From: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 23:31:27 EDT
Probably doesn't matter, except from an aesthetic point of view. In
either case, the pull  tension is a function of the return springs
(assuming no kinks in the cable/houseing)
 For what it's worth, my B (HIF4's) has the cable coming from the bottom,
my Midget (HS2's) has the cable over the top, my son's Midget (HS2's),
choke cable from the bottom, and a customers B (HS4's) has the cable from
the bottom, because when I put the new one on, I ran it that way to stop
if from rubbing the underside of the hood, which the old one was doing.

Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget

On Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:24:13 -0600 David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
writes:
>Usually I figure I know most everything about the B, since I've been
>driving them for over 20 years. And I've owned my current 71 BGT since 
>1983.
>
>But now I'm wondering if my choke cable is correctly installed. 
>
>I met my first MG lister this weekend. Gary Davis came over, and over 
>a few
>beers, I checked the tuning of his 70 BGT. When I went back to put his 
>air
>filters back on, I had a problem putting his choke back on because it 
>was
>installed a little different. My choke cable goes under the air 
>filters and
>when engaged, pushes up on the choke linkage. His went over and when 
>the
>choke is pulled, the cable pulls the linkage up.
>
>Normally, I would figure I am right. I had him test my linkage and it 
>was a
>little tighter pull than his was (probably partly due to my spring
>tension). So I left his the way it was since it worked.
>
>But now its been bugging me all weekend. So what do you owners of the 
>SU
>HS-4 carbs say? Up or down? Or does it really matter?
>
>
>David
>71 BGT
>
>
>
>


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