Is there a kit to convert the manual choke Single ZS carb on my 70 spitfire
to automatic choke?
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Chuck Pedretti
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Magenic Technologies
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nolan Penney [mailto:npenney@mde.state.md.us]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 10:11 AM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net; johnblaze@vrk11.com
Subject: Re: DGAV Carb Question
Chokes get converted to manual operation because either they have failed, or
the person is of the bent that believes no automatic choke can work as well
as their hand. There are manual choke conversion kits for this carburetor,
but yours appears to be rather home made.
Do you *need* to convert it back to automatic operation? No. A manual
choke can work just fine. It will just lose the gradual opening
characteristics, and rely on your hand to push the knob to open the choke
up. No big deal as far as operations go, though it is an EPA emissions
problem. You will ultimately want to have some sort of choke available to
you for starting. Right now, things may be going fine with starting, but on
a cold morning, they may not. Then a choke helps.
As for tie rod ends and ball joints, I've almost always used a pickle fork.
Cheap and handy. The devices that are supposed to remove the ball joint
without damaging the rubber boot always fail on me, bending up nicely. With
some practice, you can learn to use the pickle fork without damaging the
boot.
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