Twin su carbs.. No choke???

mcmental · Post by **mcmental** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:48 am

Hi there on my su carbs (with separate float bowls that twist round) there's no choke lever that I can run a cable to, has anyone made something up to be able to use a cable? When cars cold I have to give them both a few pumps before I can press the start button and its a bit of a pain in ass.

Cheers

Chris

DaveEFI · Post by **DaveEFI** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:51 am

Sounds like they came from an early car with an AED - a separate starting carb. Most P5Bs used this. There were conversion kits to manual choke which still sometimes appear on Ebay or change the carbs to the same model with manual choke.

BTW, pumping the throttle shouldn't make a difference as there is no accelerator pump on SUs.

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:03 am

Dave
Don't say that, next you will be telling me that rocking back and forth in the drivers seat doesn't make it go up hills faster

Best regards
Mike

DaveEFI · Post by **DaveEFI** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:56 am

Damn. Next it'll be there's no Santa Clause.

ChrisJC · Post by **ChrisJC** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:56 pm

Probably easier to get a pair of carbs with a choke mechanism, e.g. off a Range Rover.

Chris.

mcmental · Post by **mcmental** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:25 am

Cheers for the info

chodjinn · Post by **chodjinn** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:24 am

when I had the carbs running there were two small plastic wedges that were used as a choke, these were then removed when it got going. Crap set up I know, but worked. Only just remembered after reading this thread!