William,
I recently went from the solid (stiff) cables to the multi-stranded cable
and had the same problem. These more flexible cables are used by pulling
the choke knob out and turning it 1/4 turn clockwise. This locks the cable
in the desired position. Simple when you know the secret.
Peter
'68 TR250
on 8/17/02 7:31 PM, William Maslin at cwrm4@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Some PO of my car had replaced the original stiff
> choke cables with flexible ones. Unfortunately, that
> PO didn't add the return springs to the choke valve
> assembly.
>
> Prior to my rebuilding of the carbs, you could
> generally still push the choke completely closed.
> However, now that I've rebuilt the carbs and
> everything is a little "tighter" (both carbs were
> missing choke assembly gaskets!), it is nearly
> impossible to close the choke valves using the dash
> knob.
>
> So, today I added the return springs, sourced from
> TRF. Now I have the opposite problem, the choke valves
> slam shut and won't rest open. I tried only placing a
> spring on one of the valves, but, while it worked OK,
> the spring-less choke will still sometimes hang open.
> The spring is mounted in identical position to the one
> in the photo in Nelson Riedel's excellent carb rebuild
> documents. I did leave the spring-loaded balls in
> place.
>
> I don't see any "tightness" adjustment I can make to
> the choke know assembly. Any one have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> William
> '74 TR6
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