Dies when cold?
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Dies when cold?
78 F250, 400 C6. Truck runs fine when warm, when cold-first 5 minutes, anything more that the faintest pedal stalls the truck. Starts right back up. The choke seems to be working. Anything I can check?
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What all have you tried/ done to the carb?
From my point of view it sounds like either the choke is misadjusted or the idle mixture screws are too lean.
Does you engine have the vacuum advance delay valves?
Josh
From my point of view it sounds like either the choke is misadjusted or the idle mixture screws are too lean.
Does you engine have the vacuum advance delay valves?
Josh
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Have you actually observed the choke plate closed when the engine is cold? (under 70 degrees or so of course)
There are two linkages, one goes to the choke plate and the other goes to the fast idle cam. So the fast idle can operate when the choke plate is disconnected.
Josh
There are two linkages, one goes to the choke plate and the other goes to the fast idle cam. So the fast idle can operate when the choke plate is disconnected.
Josh
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Like Bullitt said have you visually verified the chokes operation?
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