FMC400 wrote a very helpful thread titled choke questions answered. In it he asked that if someone had specific questions they start a new thread. I think the old one might be a sticky......

Anyway, on page 4 of that thread someone wrote this:

The factory electric assist will not kick in until the hot-air stove brings the heating element to a certain temperature.


I have an 81 351M and it has the factory electric assist, so as I'm learning about the choke/vacuum/carb mess that hauls my trash and firewood, I was hoping to get a little further in depth since I'm not making the connection in my head.

I actually did a really good job rebuilding my first 2150. After catching it on fire a couple times, I learned the importance of hooking up all the vac lines correctly - I still have the diagram on the core support and even though it was scary at first, I dove in and was able to reattach everything like it was at the factory. So I think that I have an intermediate understanding of how most of the systems are supposed to work.

But I have to ask you guys to dumb it down for me I guess: what does that line that I copy/pasted above mean? What does it look like on the other side of that male connector? Does it connect right to the bimettalic coil and juice runs through the coil like a strip heater or toaster? And if so, why does it only kick in after a certain point?

 

sorry, please delete