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

[Victor the Cleaner <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> >> 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.

Everything was moving smoothy when I tuned it up, and the choke tracked
the engine temp, so I don't think it's anything that obvious.  But I'll
try popping the thermostat off next time it happens - to date it's been
"get this damn thing started..."; now that I'm characterizing the problem,
I can start thinking in "debug mode".
 
> 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.

I'm pretty meticulous when I rebuild a carb.  I start by giving all the
parts a bath in the big bucket of Gunk carb cleaner, then run them through
the ultrasonic cleaner with detergent before the final hot water rinse.
That all does a pretty sharp job on contaminants; if there'd been any bad
wear spots, I'm pretty sure I would have noticed them.

So how come the only guy wading in here is the one who don't know from snow?

jl

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