1976 c3 choke question
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1976 c3 choke question
Hey Guys,
Did the original 76 c3 have a manual choke? I have a manual choke, but there's no cable attached to it and i don't see a **** anywhere on or under the dash. For those that have a manual choke, do you have a choke cable? Or do you just leave it wide open all the time? I have some issues starting mine wide open.
Thanks!
Did the original 76 c3 have a manual choke? I have a manual choke, but there's no cable attached to it and i don't see a **** anywhere on or under the dash. For those that have a manual choke, do you have a choke cable? Or do you just leave it wide open all the time? I have some issues starting mine wide open.
Thanks!
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Hey Guys,
Did the original 76 c3 have a manual choke? I have a manual choke, but there's no cable attached to it and i don't see a **** anywhere on or under the dash. For those that have a manual choke, do you have a choke cable? Or do you just leave it wide open all the time? I have some issues starting mine wide open.
Thanks!
Did the original 76 c3 have a manual choke? I have a manual choke, but there's no cable attached to it and i don't see a **** anywhere on or under the dash. For those that have a manual choke, do you have a choke cable? Or do you just leave it wide open all the time? I have some issues starting mine wide open.
Thanks!
Drifting
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As the guys above have already said, the stock set-up was the hot air style. It has a round housing on the right side of the carb with a black plastic cover, and a steel tube running from it to the intake manifold. It's automatic, so there are no controls in the cabin.
Melting Slicks
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Hey Guys,
Did the original 76 c3 have a manual choke? I have a manual choke, but there's no cable attached to it and i don't see a **** anywhere on or under the dash. For those that have a manual choke, do you have a choke cable? Or do you just leave it wide open all the time? I have some issues starting mine wide open.
Thanks!
Did the original 76 c3 have a manual choke? I have a manual choke, but there's no cable attached to it and i don't see a **** anywhere on or under the dash. For those that have a manual choke, do you have a choke cable? Or do you just leave it wide open all the time? I have some issues starting mine wide open.
Thanks!
Give it two pumps then crank it with a CLOSED throttle. The closed throttle will force the incoming air to pass between the throttle plates and the bore and super-atomize the mixture.
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Drifting
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Appears you have a manual choke that is not hooked up to anything, as you've indicated by your initial discription. If you want the choke to be operational, you'll can install a cable to the linkage that looks to be mostly there, or could get a kit and convert it to an electric style.
My comments above about the hot air choke are accurate for a stock caburetor, which was a quadrajet, and intake, which was cast iron. You have a Holley so the hot air set-up is not relevant.
My comments above about the hot air choke are accurate for a stock caburetor, which was a quadrajet, and intake, which was cast iron. You have a Holley so the hot air set-up is not relevant.
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Appears you have a manual choke that is not hooked up to anything, as you've indicated by your initial discription. If you want the choke to be operational, you'll can install a cable to the linkage that looks to be mostly there, or could get a kit and convert it to an electric style.
My comments above about the hot air choke are accurate for a stock caburetor, which was a quadrajet, and intake, which was cast iron. You have a Holley so the hot air set-up is not relevant.
My comments above about the hot air choke are accurate for a stock caburetor, which was a quadrajet, and intake, which was cast iron. You have a Holley so the hot air set-up is not relevant.