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Twin su carbs.. No choke???
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:48 am
by mcmental
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
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:51 am
by DaveEFI
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.
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:03 am
by kiwicar
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
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:56 am
by DaveEFI
Damn. Next it'll be there's no Santa Clause.
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:56 pm
by ChrisJC
Probably easier to get a pair of carbs with a choke mechanism, e.g. off a Range Rover.
Chris.
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:25 am
by mcmental
Cheers for the info
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:24 am
by chodjinn
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!