86 150 4x4 its cold this morning choke butterfly wide open
darn choke cover is riveted on do I have to buy a carb
to fix the choke ??? or old hand choke possibly
or is this why ford made the air cleaner bolt come all the way out
so you can choke with your hand

 

I have a second carb choke on that one is closed ,sitting on bench in mornng opened
when shop heats up can i take good choke from bad carb and put on good carb?
they both look the same same riveted non adjustable choke.

 

Yes you could probably put the choke on from the other carb but if was me I would put in the manual conversion.
regards
rikard

 

i drove my 85 single barrel bronco with no choke on it as my daily driver for 5-6years. When i wanted to start it, any temp, just push the pedal to the floor, let off, then crank it. fires right up , high idles. Once its up to temp i just tap the gas and it goes back to normal idle. Dont know if my truck is a fluke or not

 

Well you're going to have drill the rivets out so you can get it apart to fix it anyway, so go ahead.
Don't kluge it up with a manual choke, get the correct $15 part and fix it correctly.
And I hate to tell the guy that has a functioning high idle and whose vehicle starts without trouble in any weather, but you must have had a choke or you wouldn't have had high idle.

 

mine had the factory choke on it that didnt work, wasnt even plugged in, i switched it out for a manual choke, which only made matters worse. took it off and ran it with nothing on the back and it started as mentioned above. drove it for a bit like that and put the factory one back on unhooked and it behaves the same. i can crank it all day long and it will never start, but if i push the pedal to the floor, then crank it, it fires up right away and idles at about 1500 until i tap the gas then it idles normal at about 750. Dont know why.

 

got it started fuil tank sender went bad so gas gage said 1/4 tank but it
was empty so you could say the fuil filter was pluged with air added fuil
now it starts with butterfly wide open if I step on pedel and turn key
I think I will fix like n9lhm says it will only get colder up here in wi