Hand Choke

[k9baddawg]

Ok here's a question.... would love too have some feed back on this one....as most of ya know these old fords are known for hard starting.. My 460 has a holly carb 4 barrell the choke seems too go bad quite often i replaced it once already still hard too start but once warmed too about 160 too 190 the dam thing runs like a top... so for the asking how hard is it too put a hand choke on these trucks... and is there a kit too do it ... any help is always welcomed


As always

Dawg

 

[smokey]

Putting a hand choke on is easy peasy. The universal kits work don't think they make a model specific choke that I know of.

 

[Beach66Bum]

Hey Dawg, you could do what I do and stay in the truck with your foot on the gas for 10 minutes, lmao !! seriously, I've been adjusting the choke just the other day. Read somewhere that with the difference between summer and winter, you would have to set the choke leaner or richer. Mine is non-electric with the tap for the manifold heat tube. Was thinking of going electric.

 

[SuperCab]

Manual choke is the way to go on those things... the factory hot air choke is a joke. Or sit there for 10 minutes and warm it up. We've all done it.

 

[primetime]

Yep, been there too. And LOVE being back in a FI truck. As the other guys said, the universal kits will work for you. They`re not hard at all.

 

[Beach66Bum]

Manual choke is the way to go on those things... the factory hot air choke is a joke. Or sit there for 10 minutes and warm it up. We've all done it.

 

[Alvin in AZ]

Nothing wrong with a choke that a hacksaw and hoof rasp can't fix...

...had the choke wired open for ~10 years and one day decided it'd
been wired open long enough.

Guys in Dakota and Michigan etc have claimed the same thing...

"you don't really -need- a choke"

In my case, it helped that I'm a tinkering fool and into carburetors.

YMMV

Alvin in AZ

 

[k9baddawg]

smiling... hey alvin I'LL be in arizona whole month of January on tour .. lets hook up and you can work your magic on this ole ford....I'LL git ya a free parking and pass too Quartsite R.V. Show. How Bout it


As Always

DAWG

 

[SuperCab]

Small world... I wsa in Quartzite AZ once...

And you really don't need a choke down there... pump the pedal a few times and fire it up...

 

[73F100Shortbed]

YMMV

Alvin in AZ

Off topic a bit, but any particular reason for two carb spacers?

 

[m78]

Off topic a bit, but any particular reason for two carb spacers?

More time for the gas to vaporize, there for getting better combustion.

 

[Beach66Bum]

More time for the gas to vaporize, there for getting better combustion.

really??!! no... not really, just messing with ya

 

[m78]

really??!! no... not really, just messing with ya

I don't know , I was just guessing. I guess if the inside was twisted like the inside of the neck of a Miller Lite bottle it would swirl it and help mix it too.

 

[Beach66Bum]

TBS are such a debatable subject. Some people say they notice a difference and others not. Some brands make a cool sound though, lol. Back to the original thread now...