I'm starting to install controls in the cab. This was my "temporary dash" so I could start and run the rebuilt motor. Time to put the real things in. The old choke **** is in good shape. The cable is straight but rusted and froze. I've been applying penetrating oil and moving/bending it for two days without success. Any ideas?

 

Clean all of the penetrating oil off of it with carb gleaner. Then coil it up and throw it in the bottom of a bucket. Mix vinegar and water 1 to 1 and pour in enough to cover it.
Ignore it for 3-4 days....after that pull it out and scrub it clean with water.
Repeat if necessary.

 

Fixed it for you! ("FIFY", BTW)

Seriously, I spent a lot of time freeing mine up, and trying to get the kinks out of it, but it never worked smoothly and would hang up sometimes. Just not worth the aggravation. Believe it or not I got one at Pik-A-Part for almost nothing, works smooth as silk. If I hadn't I'd have got a new one, one with a nice thick center wire and casing.

 

You are probably right Ross......but I'm a hard headed SOB. I'll waste hours trying to make some hunk of junk work and THEN finally toss it as a lost cause. No wonder I never get anything done....

 

I'll try it Tinman. I wouldn't be spending the effort if the **** was bad and the cable was kinked.