Re: [AMC-List] & Choke heat tube

["Jay" <jciampi@xxxxxxxx>]

Why not use an electric choke. My Holley carb works fine with it.

Jay in fL.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] & Choke heat tube


> 
> Arfon
> SNIP
> But, I am missing the choke control mechanism.  It
> looks like there used to be a heat tube and that it was
> cut off and a manual choke installed.  I'd like to put
> the automatic one back.
> 
>  Any opinions on how to replace that tube?
> SNIP
> Working from and old memory that is faded a bit with time, It seems to
> me that last time had to deal with that the tube going through the
> exhaust manifold was steel and what was wrong the tube going to the
> carburetor had rotted away with rust and I was able to drill out the
> steel tube in the exhaust manifold using a drill that just removed the
> residual rust with out damaging the steel tube (which will cause and
> exhaust manifold leak) and use  a small piece of copper tube to conduct
> the heat to the automatic choke on the carburetor it self.  The copper
> tube was inserted into the steel tube that is in the exhaust manifold. 
> But I will admit that it has been quite a while since I played with
> that. The newer AMC cars have electric chokes which may not be a bad way
> to go if you can find the change over parts off of a newer YF Carburetor
> for a donor. 
> John
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