Speedo79@aol.com wrote:
>
> Fellow followers of the list:
>
> Two years ago I blew the cylinder head in my MG. The only one I found (read:
> could afford) was a pre-75 head w/o the water port for the auto choke in the
> back of it. Consequently, I bought the $XX.95 Moss manual choke conversion
> kit for my car. I have to smog my car again this year, and they wouldn't
> pass me on the visual inspection due to the manual choke.
> I'm sure I have seen an electric choke conversion out there somewhere, be it
> on a Webber or a Zenith-Stromberg carburetor. Does anyone know where I can
> find one of any kind of choke device that takes the operation out of my hand
> without putting another hole in my cylinder head, even just temporarily? The
> registration is due by the end of the month, and I have already put $$$ into
> the rebuilt smog pump, new catalytic converter, rebuilt carb, new hoses...you
> get the idea.
>
You can probably rig a water feed from the heater hoses using fittings
available at the plumbing store. It probably won't work worth a tinker's
dam, but it will look good.
Regards,
Dave Ambrose
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