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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 07:42 AM
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Replace the choke cap with an electric one and wire it into the stator wire off of the alternator.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 09:46 AM
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If you hold the butterfly open by hand and throttle up. That should release the high idle cam. If it does not check the adjustment for high idle. When choke is fully open and high idle cam is at its lowest lobe adjusment screw should not be in contact with lower lobe.
well when i open it by hand it slows down on its own. i think i am going to try try replacing the cap. its only like 13 dollars.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 10:26 AM
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If all you do is open butterfly by hand and the rpms drop. Then you my friend have a vacuum leak somewhere. When you unchoke the motor. RPMs should go up not down.
Unless I reading you wrong.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 10:29 AM
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when i open the choke all the linkages move too, and the rpms drop. when i let go and the choke closes, rpms go back up.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 10:58 AM
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http://home.earthlink.net/~bubbaf250...b/carb02a.html
I found this doing a google search.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 12:32 PM
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where are these 2 vacuum lines supposed to go? both are just dead ends. should i just hook them up to the vacuum tree?
 
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