I got to thinking about what Gram said about the choke cable being messed up by tugging on it too hard when taking the cable out of the bracket. So your choke never goes all the way off. I'm pretty sure that was the case with mine. Anywho since I get curious about doing this kind of stuff. And I'm cheap I figured if the piece that slips won't go back where it belongs there's two options. 1. Buy a new cable. 2. Fix the other end. I thought that if the choke knob could go in farther the end inside the carb would too. DUH! I tested the choke knob and it cuts really easy so I used a razor blade and cut all the way around the butt end of the choke knob. Basically cut a washer shaped piece about 3/32 thick off. The choke knob still goes all the way in and butts up against the round rubber gromet. And I'm not smelling rich anymore. This long story was just to set up my question -

Can you turn the choke off too far? Is it posssible to go too far in or does it bottom out inside the carb?

Thanks

sounds like a good fix.. I don't know about your carb,, but I looked at the parts blow-up I have of mine,(hsr) and the plunger for the choke has a seat and a spring in there, it could not go too far...

And something else I noticed. If you route the cable correctly there is plenty of slack to get it out of the bracket without tugging on it at all. Day late and a dollar short as always.

Musky, you found your cable "pulled" too? And you feel your repair has solved it! Good deal. BB

Hey BB

I think it fixed it It's not smelling to rich at idle anymore. It reacts to the choke adjusments better now. And I don't hear that sucking noise you hear with the choke on anymore either. The only kink would be if it's possible to push the end of the cable into the carb too far.

Only drawback then might be that you could loose some choke effect, I'm guessing. I gotta look into this , as mine always smells rich. BB

Big Bear wrote:
Only drawback then might be that you could loose some choke effect, I'm guessing. BB

The piece slipping on the carb end of the cable might have affected that. But what I did didn't change how far it pulls out. It just has more travel room going in. But I think the only thing we would loose is on full choke which we don't use much anyway.

This is all sounding too good and too easy. Something has to be wrong with the whole idea.

Anyone know the for sure answer to this?

Can you turn the choke off too far? Is it posssible to go too far in or does it bottom out inside the carb?


Thanks

Along the choke cable subject, and along with my fuel pump removal also. If you ditch the pump which houses the mount for the choke handle if I am correct, where do you then mount the choke handle?

Richard S. Ellis

Sorry to hijack your thread musky.