Carb problems

[geezerbiker]

A while back I had the carb rebuilt on my truck by the same guy that fixed the transmission.  He did a wonderful job on the gearbox but F'ed up the automatic choke.  I've been unable to get the damn thing to work right and now I'm going to scrap it and put on a manual conversion.  Anybody have any tips for routing the cable from under the hood to inside the cab?

Tony

[Ranger99]

just be sure it's secure where ever
you run it to, and doesn't touch any
wiring or hoses or such. it would
really suck eggs by the dozen if
you got out in the sticks a year from
now and found it had rubbed a hole
in a nearly inaccessible coolant line
or a critical wire and you'd have to
fiddle with it to get home.
and before you ever try to route it,
make sure it's thoroughly lubed.
(the inner cable to housing)

[Bugflipper]

It's pretty straight forward. Just try to get it close to a straight shot without binding the cable housing much or rubbing on anything else. The main thing is getting it cinched down good near the carb and not having all kinds of extra slack in it.


On those electric chokes a lot of them just use the universal round one. It has a power wire to heat up the element in it. If it won't stay on long enough see what line it's pointing to, loosen the 3 screws in the trim ring.  Move it clockwise a few lines to make it stay on longer and tighten down. If it doesn't idle high enough on choke turn the screw clockwise between the carb and elec choke. If it's different post what kind of carb and engine and I bet someone has dealt with them as they all can be a pain until you get them dialed in. Then you forget all,about them when they're set.

[geezerbiker]

I was going to cover the cable housing with heat shrink tube to keep in the oil and that will also make it less abrasive.  The carb has a heat type automatic choke that has a riser tube off the manifold.  My VW bug has an electric choke and those are pretty easy to work with.  This one was either all on or all off lately.   I had it worked on when I was too busy to attend to it myself and the guy left the screws loose and now it's gone so the manual seems the best route right now.  I guess I have to drill a hole for the cable in the firewall somewhere.  I was hoping I'd find an existing hole to route it though but none are in the right place...

Tony

[Lloyd Smale]

make sure if you route it through a hole in your firewall that you buy one of the rubber inserts for the hole you drill. Parts store shoud have them for a a few cents. Seems like an obvious thing and i didnt mean to post it to make you look unknowleable. I myself just last summer installed a winch on my jeep. Drilled a hole in the firewall to run the control cables to the dash and went and bought gromets and proceded to push the wires through and hook them up forgetting to use the gromet. Had to pull them out and do it all over.

I was going to cover the cable housing with heat shrink tube to keep in the oil and that will also make it less abrasive.  The carb has a heat type automatic choke that has a riser tube off the manifold.  My VW bug has an electric choke and those are pretty easy to work with.  This one was either all on or all off lately.   I had it worked on when I was too busy to attend to it myself and the guy left the screws loose and now it's gone so the manual seems the best route right now.  I guess I have to drill a hole for the cable in the firewall somewhere.  I was hoping I'd find an existing hole to route it though but none are in the right place...

Tony

[wtxbadger]

Not sure but there may still be electric automatic chokes available that would be easier to install than a manual choke. You might check online at JC Whitney, JEG's or NAPA to see for sure.

wtxbadger