Re: [Amc-list] choke heat tube mystery solved

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

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From: Mike Kindle <mike90066@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I'm getting the 68 Rambler 232 back on the road after a year in a Burbank 
> parking lot while I was moving and traveling.  The battery didn't make it, (it 
> was a 1999 date code) the gas was a little stale, and the water pump lost its 
> seal, but other than that it survived okay. 
> I always had trouble with the choke not opening up so I had it set to full open 
> and I would shut it manually to start the car.  Today I took the heat tube off, 
> cleaned it, cleaned the heat tube in the exhaust manifold, reassembled and tried 
> again.  No luck, the thing just would not heat up.  Then, while blowing air 
> through the heat tube fitting on the carb, I noticed air was coming out from 
> around the choke housing.  When the car starts, the carb draws air through the 
> choke housing and then the heat tube.  This air movement is what brings exhaust 
> heat up to the choke coil.  If the choke coil cover isn't on airtight, air is 
> drawn in from around the cover instead of all the way through the tube, and then 
> there's no heat.  I cut an extra gasket for the cover and used some sealer and 
> tried again.  It heated up and the choke opened correctly.
> I had been living with the problem for awhile.  Years?
> I've been working through a lot of problems like this this week.
> It's amazing what one will put up with and for how long.  
> 
> 
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