Electric Choke Question
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Electric Choke Question
I got my new Crane Cams XR-I ignition modure hooked up and it's running great. The odd thing was that I hooked it up to the +12V lead going to the electric choke (Edelbrock 1406 carb) and it would not fire. When I disconnected the lead from the choke, it fired right up.
I'm thinking my choke may be bad. I couldn't find any info about troubleshooting these. I did put an ohm meter across the leads on the choke and got 12 ohms.
Any ideas?
I'm thinking my choke may be bad. I couldn't find any info about troubleshooting these. I did put an ohm meter across the leads on the choke and got 12 ohms.
Any ideas?
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by WhichVette?
I got my new Crane Cams XR-I ignition modure hooked up and it's running great. The odd thing was that I hooked it up to the +12V lead going to the electric choke (Edelbrock 1406 carb) and it would not fire. When I disconnected the lead from the choke, it fired right up.
I'm thinking my choke may be bad. I couldn't find any info about troubleshooting these. I did put an ohm meter across the leads on the choke and got 12 ohms.
Any ideas?
I'm thinking my choke may be bad. I couldn't find any info about troubleshooting these. I did put an ohm meter across the leads on the choke and got 12 ohms.
Any ideas?
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OK, I'll try that. Any way to check the operation of the choke while it's hot out? It's in the 100s here this week.
This is new to me since the only vehicles I've had with carbs were go-karts and quads. Even my first car (72 VW Squareback) had injection.
This is new to me since the only vehicles I've had with carbs were go-karts and quads. Even my first car (72 VW Squareback) had injection.
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
no not really that i can think of other then packing it in ice so the internal spring gets cold and then see what happens when the ignition gets turned on...i'm not sure how effective that would be it may just make a mess and you definitely would not do this on a hot engine....for now just make sure that it has the butterfly all the way open and when it gets cold outside in the fall start to play with it then
Last edited by bobs77vet; May 19, 2005 at 05:09 PM.
