Jane, and Creig,
Got to work this AM, so checked my Haynes manual for the Spit. On
page 87, lower right corner picture shows cable well - the choke is the
one closest to the airbox. Also on page 94, upper right, is a line
drawing of the rear carb showing choke cable attachment. Last, but not
least, lower right drawing on page 95 shows dual SU setup with choke
attachment. Oops, also upper left corner of page 96 - good closeup
photo. I don't know about the GT6, though, but I think they had the
Strombergs - not SU's - so the linkage would be different.
Peter Ficklin
'63 & '68 Spits
Jane Burdekin wrote:
>
> I have the opposite problem, I have a double choke cable, and only the rear
> carb is hooked up. It seems to work fine, and I haven't bothered to hook
> up the front carb to the choke. The cable just hangs there since I am
> missing the hook up piece to the front carb. FWIW
> Jane
> '67 GT6
<SNIP>
>
> > Creig wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear List,
> > > I have a '63 Spitfire (Mk. I). The car does not have a choke cable.
> > > I ordered one and received it, but I am not sure it is correct.
> > > I was expecting a twin cable system like the one I have on my
> > > TR6 (one cable for each carb). I received a single cable. If
> > > this is incorrect I will need to return it. If one is correct, then
> > > I will need a little information on how to make it work.
> > > Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me on this.
> > > Creig Houghtaling
> > > St. Louis, MO
> >
> > Creig,
> > I beleive (I'm not looking at the cars or manuals right now, so
> > correct me SOLer's if I mess up...) that there is a shaft between the
> > carbs that operates the chokes together, just as the throttle operates.
> > On the rear(?) carb there is a copper sleeve that the end of the choke
> > cable goes through to connect to the rear carb choke linkage. This
> > linkage connects via a shaft to the front carb and therefore operates
> > the front carb choke simultaneously. Confused? Yeah, me too,
> > especially without pictures. Good luck...
> >
> > Peter Ficklin
> > '63 & '68 Spits
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