Does anyone have a picture or layout for a manual choke?
I have the linkage from the factory choke, just not a fan and want to go manual. I have the cable and **** from a 60's Falcon, I need to trim the cable a little and want to make sure I hook up the cable to the butterflies correctly.

 

People still use manual chokes?

 

 

I purposely used a Manual choke carb on my truck. I want to be In charge of when it's applied and how much.

 

Sure, I got one in my 54. And I wish I had one in my 70!

 

Yep, have one in my F-250. I'll keep it when I upgrade the carb.

 

Thanks for posting those pics. Installing a manual choke is on my "to do" list.

 

Thanks for the pics just what I was looking for.

 

The '67 came with a manual choke. If you want a "factory" appearance on your '71, you might look for the '67 cable and bezel. Then all your dash ***** would match!

 

2x I've been in the high elevations where that frickin auto had me propping the choke butterfly open with a screw driver to get the engine started.

In many different vehicles I converted my auto choke to manual & in control at all times with my Dear Holley
Orich

 

Manual chokes are for people that don't know how to adjust a carburetor

 

EFI ain't got no choke (like that double negative?) but, I don't have the EFI engine in the truck yet so, in the mean time, I use the stock manual choke that came on my 240.

....now my turn for a 'dig.' Carburetors are for people that are afraid of EFI.

 

My 69 came with a manual choke. It works. My 71 came with an automatic choke. It works. Both start easily. So might as well leave them be.

 

Here's the thing about auto chokes: IMO, they're one of the small ways cars have become boring. My wife has a Chrysler Town and Country; it's a feat of design and engineering that makes navigating the roads so easy one need not think of the car at all. The suspension makes rough road feel like plush carpet, it's sound insulated so the roar of traffic outside is a whisper, steering, braking and acceleration are smooth and effortless. It's everything I want in a commuter car or on a road trip.

BUT, as an experience in driving, it's boring. I have no real connection with the car or with the road. This is what I like about my old, obsolete truck. I like the feel of the road through the antiquated suspension, how the engine trembles at idle, the feel of the manual steering and the somewhat temperamental drum brakes. Driving an old car is a mechanical experience, like pushing a hand plane down the edge of a board. Listening to the engine as it warms up and working the choke is just part of that experience. Why would I want to erase that?

It's the difference between punching some numbers into a CNC machine and carving something by hand. Nothing can replace real, hands on connection with real things, be they wood, soil or steel.

I have nothing against modern convenience, I'm just not that interested in machines that do all the thinking for me and separate me from the real, physical world.

 

Well said!