Broken choke cable

[flying farmer]

The stag has been a pain in the *rse to start when cold,more or less since I got it. Investigation revealed one half of the twin choke cable had failed resulting in it only wanting to start on 4 cylinders. Ordered a new choke cable- HOW MUCH? :shock:

Fitting is not the easiest of jobs and after a couple of hours of messing about I was ready to give it a try.

Imagine my joy and delight when I pulled the knob and the bloody thing came straight off in my hand.:X:X:X The cables were not swaged in properly. To make matters worse when removing it again the piece of wood that had obviously been lovingly crafted to make the stereo fit has come adrift, which means loads more work to refit the stereo.

I am now waiting for the supplier to send a new cable but this time I am going to use one with the seperate knob as the first one that failed was also the integral knob type.

The seperate knob type is much easier to fit, I have temporarily fitted a rather frayed example from my estate, so at least the bloody thing starts now, but will all need doing again shortly. Oh the joys of repro components

Neil

[BlueMK2]

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You can make the choke cable last longer by pressing the throttle before you pull the cable, the left hand cable has to open the throttle via the fast idle cam.

[flying farmer]

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I was told to use the throttle before pulling the choke when I first went to view the car, and it definately helps. With this new cable it never even moved the linkage before the knob pulled off!

Neil

[BlueMK2]

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flying farmer wrote:

never even moved the linkage before the knob pulled off!

Now that sounds painfull. :shock:

[stustag]

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Hi Neil

Sorry to hear about the choke cable, the cable was worn probably due to the 2-3 times the carbs had been off for rebuild etc!!

I had fixed the problem of starting from cold after loads of work rebuilding the carbs and adjusting them it started fine from cold, I started it from cold when you came to view the car however there is a nak to it.

The piece of wood you mention was done by Terry the previous owner, I had thought about buying one of those new plastic surrounds from the club shop but never had the money or the time to do it:?

Whilst it is all off take a look at the hot/cold cable as it does not work I think it is just a case of clipping it back it but it's a really fiddly jobI just put the valve at halfway so warm air comes out when the flap is open.

Hope the car is going alright otherwiseThis is the problem with 33 year old cars there is always a job 'to do'

Stuart

[flying farmer]

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Thanks for the reminder about the heater cable Stu. I have only driven it on one day when it was too warm with the heater on, so I opened the windows

It starts fine with the replacement choke cable, and the old one had failed at the back of the knob so it wasn't your multiple carb removals that killed it

Neil

[stustag]

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Hi Niel

That's great news glad you have the old boy running againif you want some pics of the car let me know and I will e mail them to you?

Here is one just for prosperity!

[SwissSteve]

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THe choke brings back memoires.

It was 4 months after I bought the car that my wife firstentered the crapmobile as she lovingly calls my pride and joy.

I remember the night well. It was dark so that no one would see her in there. I asked her to pull the choke out as the car started to stall. SHe pulled the button and the top came off and she handed it too me and left the car!

It was months since she ever went near the car again and even now she will only touch the seatbelt and the door handle