What is choke lever?

What is choke lever?

A carburetor choke lever engages or disengages the choke, subsequentially adjusting the amount of air that is enabled to flow through the intake of the carburetor of a vintage motorcycle engine.

What does choke lever do?

Choke lever basically shuts the choke valve restricting airflow thereby enabling a richer mixture of air & fuel to reach the combustion chamber during cold starts. A choke valve is sometimes installed in the carburetor of internal combustion engines.

Where do you put the choke control cable?

Place the choke control cable under the intake manifold from the front of engine (front pull choke). Insert the cable bowden wire into the choke control (front or reverse pull). Then place choke cable under the cable clamp.

How is the choke connected to the dash?

With really worn cables it might be best to just replace them though. Next, I took things apart inside the car so I could access the back side of the choke. The choke in my car uses a pivot arm with one side connected to the pull handle on the dash and the other side is connected to the cables.

How do you turn a choke on a horse?

Once inside, I pull out the choke, push in the clutch, and turn the key. On some days she fires right up, but on cold mornings it can be a bit of a struggle. Since we have been busy getting the 122 running, I haven’t had much time to look into the problem, but the other day I decided to take an afternoon off to sort out a few annoyances.

Why are choke cables sticking at the CARB?

I disconnected the choke cables at the carburetors and inspected the mechanisms to make sure that everything was moming smoothly. If things are sticking at the carb, there isn’t any amount of lubricating you can do in the cable to fix the problem. They were working fine, so I went ahead and attempted to lubricate the choke cables.

Place the choke control cable under the intake manifold from the front of engine (front pull choke). Insert the cable bowden wire into the choke control (front or reverse pull). Then place choke cable under the cable clamp.

How big is a universal choke cable for a lawn mower?

8 FOOT FT. UNIVERSAL CARBURETOR CHOKE CONTROL CABLE for 60122 Lawn Tractor Mower 8 FT. Universal Carburetor Choke Cable 96″ long (60122) 237 Rotary Universal Push Pull Choke Cable 63″ Inner 60″ Conduit. Carb Choke. 8 FT. and 8 IN.

With really worn cables it might be best to just replace them though. Next, I took things apart inside the car so I could access the back side of the choke. The choke in my car uses a pivot arm with one side connected to the pull handle on the dash and the other side is connected to the cables.

Once inside, I pull out the choke, push in the clutch, and turn the key. On some days she fires right up, but on cold mornings it can be a bit of a struggle. Since we have been busy getting the 122 running, I haven’t had much time to look into the problem, but the other day I decided to take an afternoon off to sort out a few annoyances.

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