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Old Nov 30, 2022 | 08:05 PM
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Manual choke placement?

Any ideas on where to put a manual choke? Don’t really want to drill through my dash. It’s an 89’ f250 XL
 
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Old Nov 30, 2022 | 10:16 PM
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How do you put a manual choke on a fuel injected engine?
 
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Old Nov 30, 2022 | 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by My4Fordtrucks
How do you put a manual choke on a fuel injected engine?
its engine swapped with a 5.0. It’s carbureted, it’s not stock
 
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Old Dec 1, 2022 | 06:06 AM
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Oh….

Drill or use an existing hole in the firewall. Mount it under the dashboard.
 
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Originally Posted by Kmg123
its engine swapped with a 5.0. It’s carbureted, it’s not stock
Show us the engine bay. on a manual choke you want to avoid the harsh curves with the cable. In my opinion, you would be wiser to use an automatic choke, but your vehicle. An automatic 2 wire choke for an edelbrock, for example, can be wired pretty easy with a fuse tap and some wire to the positive and a short run to the base bolt holding the carb to the engine for a ground.
 
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My early Bronco has a manual choke and the Jeep has a thermal choke. Both of them work fine. I also don’t see the need for a manual choke in this case since and electric choke is all that’s needed and easier to install.
 
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Originally Posted by My4Fordtrucks
My early Bronco has a manual choke and the Jeep has a thermal choke. Both of them work fine. I also don’t see the need for a manual choke in this case since and electric choke is all that’s needed and easier to install.
id personally hate sitting outside in the coldest part of the year for enough time to open the choke and then go inside till its warm lol! Did that enough when I was young for my dad(The qjet never quite liked starting cold)
 
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