Gregg Benedict
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Is there a replacement automatic choke available for the early AFB? Is an electric choke available?
Choke replacement for early Carter AFB (model 2650S)
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58Belvedere
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This may work: Pardon Our Interruption...
I bought one for a Thermoquad from these folks. It worked out very well for me.
Carburetor Electric Choke Conversion Kits
I bought an electric choke but never installed it. For the first time in 12 years I finally got my original choke adjusted correctly and it works perfectly now.
Part of my issue was badly burnt valves, once I got the head work done everything else come together. I got the idle down to the factory setting and then the choke and fast idle setting came around. It has never started easier.
If you decide to to keep the original manual choke or need on here's a link for one. https://www.classicindustries.com/p...TeIZl1vdCYBvfYvA8Y3GP3cnUig8-7eumdkBsokpdbcYs
Part of my issue was badly burnt valves, once I got the head work done everything else come together. I got the idle down to the factory setting and then the choke and fast idle setting came around. It has never started easier.
If you decide to to keep the original manual choke or need on here's a link for one. https://www.classicindustries.com/p...TeIZl1vdCYBvfYvA8Y3GP3cnUig8-7eumdkBsokpdbcYs
The one that @Zymurgy suggests is the way to go. It just takes a bit of tweaking. I got mine adjusted properly about 15 years ago, and it hasn't missed a beat since. I have a few NOS spare chokes stashed away just in case, but it's never failed yet!
Gregg Benedict
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Keep in mind hat the carb used in the late '50s/early '60s is an early AFB. The heat activated automatic choke looks like this (the black cylinder to the left of the fuel inlet:
The choke I have on my 66 is the same as what was linked by @Zymurgy - it is a bimetal spring coiled up, that sits in a little well or a reservoir on the intake manifold, and attaches to the carburetor's choke plate by a little arm.
The cylinder one you've shown is one I have not seen before, but I assume it would achieve the same thing if it's a bimetal spring. It sort of looks like the electric ones that are also described.That came out later on in the late 60s.
The cylinder one you've shown is one I have not seen before, but I assume it would achieve the same thing if it's a bimetal spring. It sort of looks like the electric ones that are also described.That came out later on in the late 60s.
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