Re: [Amc-list] Choke frozen (literally)

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Victor the Cleaner wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 05:30:15PM -0800, Tom Jennings wrote:
> 
>> Sounds like the bimetallic motor isn't engaged with the slot (or pin) on 
>> the lever... and is just pushing it around and getting stuck. I've seen 
>> three methods of bi-metal to linkage:

When it stalls on the street, pop off the choke housing w/o turning. Is 
the lever stuck? Did you separately test the bi-metal? Bic lighter works.

Carbs are subtle; loose fits, gravity weights, sometimes parts get too 
worn to work right. Sometimes you gotta pull shafts to clean w/gun 
brushes, and if they're badly scored, can't really be repaired.
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