Re: [AMC-list] choke on Carter BBD 8302S on AMC 1981 Spirit 6 cyl 258

["George Graham" <Jensenguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can replace the pull-off and choke thermostat on the car, tho one or two
of the thermostat screws may be hard to get to with the carb on the car.
Give it a try.

You should be able to get the thermostat -- the Wells/Airtex part number is
2C1007.  Note you will only have power to the choke wire with the engine
running (circuit goes thru the oil sender unit circuit).

Once you have them installed and adjusted, reset everything else per the AMC
IS-12e service letter.  I'll email you a copy of that separately.

George Graham
Somewhere in the Texas Hill Country

-----Original Message-----
From: gqrxzy8974@xxxxxxxx [mailto:gqrxzy8974@xxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:09 PM
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Subject: [AMC-list] choke on Carter BBD 8302S on AMC 1981 Spirit 6 cyl 258

AMC 1981 Spirit 6 cyl 258 with Carter BBD 8302S carburetor

Car has trouble when cold (dies) but runs great once warm.  This is
southern California, so "cold" is 48F at the coldest and right about
50F first thing in the morning.  Once run a bit it's good all day.

Best guess at last major carburetor service/rebuild was around 2000 with
engine rebuild.

Checking choke shows choke pull-off doesn't hold vacuum.

The electric choke is the single wire type and measures open to ground.
I'm not completely sure on this, I might need better ground or perhaps
the carburetor has a poor ground, but I tried several grounds including
direct to battery negative as well as around carburetor and never
saw anything but open).

Can the choke pull-off and the electric choke be replace without
removing 
the carburetor?

I'm worried that the carburetor is tuned just fine now (once warm)
and that removing it or touching it will mess up the adjustments etc.

Oh, the electric choke appears to have 3 screws rather then the manual
described break-off pseudo-rivets.

Any suggested supply places?  I've found several sources of the
pull-off,
but the electric choke seems harder to find.

Thank you,

Michael

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