Hi,
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Our car came to us in the mid 70's with a fully functional auxiliary carb and
the OTTER switch. ?Visually, it is a pretty neat looking arrangement. The
engine started fine, warmed up and the switch would shut down the auxiliary
carb.
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However, the cam and tune of our engines tended to cause the engine to
occasionally cough before fully warming up. ?When that would occur, a fine mist
of gas sprays out of the auxiliary carb all over the engine bay. ?A respected
Healey expert said to me that quite a number of these Thermo-carb equipped cars
burned down due to this feature and encouraged me to change the manifold and
carbs to the manual choke ?arrangement. ?
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We did that conversion as part of a rebuild in 2001 and have been going fine
ever since.
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Best Regards,
?
Bill
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