Choke cable
#1
Does anybody have a manual choke setup on their Mach? My carb has a manual choke but it is not hooked up. I need it for the couple of cooler months that we have here especially as I have a really steep driveway and when it is cold I get little back fires when I am trying to get up the driveway so I don't want to blow the power valve. Can you post some pics of where the knob is mounted under the dash. Crazy
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#2
What kind of carb do you have? If you can install an electric choke kit, I would recommend doing that over cutting a hole in your dash and running a cable through the firewall.

Electric chokes work very well. You can set them and forget them. The kits are available for almost any carburetor and they're very easy to install.

That's just my take.
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#3
Its a Holley. There is a hole in the firewall that I could probably use for it already. Are they mounted in the dash? I thought that they might have been screwed to the bottom of the dash near where your knee might go Huh
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#4
Since it doesn't belong on the car anyway, mount it where you want it.
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#5
All the manual choke knobs I've seen, to include factory and after market, were mounted in a hole in the dash. But that certainly doesn't mean nobody makes an "under the dash" choke knob. You might poke around the internet to see what you can find.

But again, if you get the numbers off your Holley, you can order an electric choke kit for it. Running a wire through your firewall will be easier than running a choke cable.

Once the wire is inside the car, you just connect it to a point on your fuse panel which is on when the ignition is on. You can find one easily with a volt meter or a test light.
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#6
(05-23-2011, 11:26 PM)Klutch Wrote: Once the wire is inside the car, you just connect it to a point on your fuse panel which is on when the ignition is on. You can find one easily with a volt meter or a test light.

You make me laugh ..............the fuse panel on these models is far from being easily accessible and modified Rofl I am not having a go at you so don't take it the wrong way.
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#7
^^ No offense taken. I installed an electric choke on a 69 Cougar, which is the same thing as a Mustang under the fenders. I owned a 70 Fastback, and the fuse panel was easily accessible. I also owned a 71 Fastback and don't recall the fuse panel being difficult to access. There were even extra ports for power accessories. It shouldn't require modification. You just buy a slip on connector, crimp it to the choke wire and slide it on.

Or, you could connect the choke to the alternator where there's an "S". I think that's where Ford connected electric chokes.
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#8
No worries Klutch Wink I am an electrician so familiar with wiring .........low voltage and high voltage Wave
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#9
I second that statement made by klutch;
Mine has a manual choke hooked up to it right now and it sucks hard.
It always jams up and will hardly work when I want it to.
So once I get my car out of the shop and If they save all my old parts Ill send it to you for free if you pay for the shipping.

Its a brand new cable, it was just routed wrong by the previous owner last year.

The correct location I believe is directly beneath the cigarette lighter under the dash on a 1970 car but I dont know about your year.

The electric choke is only about 50-75 dollars here in the states I think.
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#10
Thanks Masterblaster but I bought myself a new one but it is a pain in the proverbial as well. New stainless steel tube and inner and still won't work Dodgy Tried it in a couple of locations ......even ran it straight through so there were no bends in it. The choke will close but will not open again no matter how hard I push it. Even lubricated all the moving parts on the choke mechanism. Now it is so loose I have had to wire it in the open position so that it won't close on me while I am driving Rofl Will end up buying an electric one Wink
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