In a message dated 3/4/2002 9:08:16 PM Mountain Standard Time,
MkatNT@netscape.net writes:
> I've been struggling with this for some time now and can't seem to get it
> >right. Ever since I rebuilt the carbs, I can't get the choke set up so
> that
> >I can physically open it from inside the cockpit, have it return to closed
> >without getting back under the hood, have the choke pull the jets down and
> >advance the fast idle, and not have any leaks, all at the same time. I can
> >do maybe any 2 or 3 at a time, but not all 4. Am I asking for too much?
> >
> >So far, I have replaced the choke cable, installed weaker springs, tried
> >different combinations of gaskets on the jet assemblies. But when
> everything
> >else seems to be set up right, I can't physically pull the cable far enough
> >out to do more than take up slack in the linkage. A body building course
> >comes to mind, but I'm too old for that. Anyone have any other ideas?
> >
> >These are SU's of course.
>
I've had this happen also. It seemed to me that after a rebuild the choking
mechanism was extremely stiff. ISTR that I worked them manually, under the
hood, back and forth, back and forth and they loosened up enough to both open
and close via the cable.
Bob Paul
Corrales NM
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