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personally, I would convert to an electric choke; if possible for that carburetor... and do away with all that other 'stuff'...
Bill
Absofreakinlutely! Put the antediluvian relics in a box on a high shelf and save them for the flight judging fields. In the real world they changed over to electrics for a reason, plus it's cheap and easy to do.
Re-fitting a choke may not be as easy as first thought.
I don't have a choke assembly at all (no housing, valve, lever, linkages, etc) and am not sure whether more readily available parts for a Corvette 2x4 Carter WCFB will fit my Chrysler '56-'58 Carter WCFB setup?
That rear carb is a 6-1310 '56-'58 rear carb off a Chrysler dual quad setup...it appears to be a high choke carb and those eBay parts should work -- provided the choke cover has the thermostatic spring and the housing has the piston. You might want to take a shot at getting it but I wouldn't chase the bids too high... You would want to buy a repro hot air tube that goes to the choke housing.... A linkage rod or two is all else you'll need and they are all around for sale..(you can make them too).
Now - having said all of that...you could always just get a choke valve (like in the ad) somewhere and make a manual choke with a push/pull button at the dash which controls a cable to the choke. Kits for this are about $10...
Not pretty, but simple, old school -- and foolproof.
If you just want easy starts on cold days without a lot of the original 'magic' that's failure-prone...that's certainly an option.
May want to start your own thread though - we've hijacked this one from rtruman...
Last edited by Frankie the Fink; 05-25-2016 at 06:57 AM.
You appear to have the high choke carb and those eBay parts should work -- provided the choke cover has the spring and the housing has the piston.
Now - having said all of that...you could always just get a choke valve (like in the ad) somewhere and make a manual choke with a push/pull button at the dash which controls a cable to the choke.
Not pretty, but simple, old school -- and foolproof.
If you just want easy starts on cold days without a lot of the original 'magic' that's failure-prone...that's certainly an option.
May want to start your own thread though - we've hijacked this one from rtruman...
You guys wouldn't believe how hard and what I had to go thru to get this matching dated carb matched to my engine speaks get it rebuild
twice ,other than the adjustment I will be happy .
You guys wouldn't believe how hard and what I had to go thru to get this matching dated carb matched to my engine speaks get it rebuild
twice ,other than the adjustment I will be happy .
Hang in there and work through the issues and you'll have a fine running carb. I hate to see people get frustrated and swap on an Edelbrock carb which is nothing but a clone of the AFB they already had
You guys wouldn't believe how hard and what I had to go thru to get this matching dated carb matched to my engine speaks get it rebuild
twice ,other than the adjustment I will be happy .
Good luck with it - I know what it's like to struggle to get the car started. I'm sure you'll sort it out with the help from this forum.
Apologies for hijacking your post - I will start a new one.
05-24-2016, 09:08 PM
