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jumpsoffrock · 05-18-2014, 10:25 AM

Very cool, thank you very much. Let's go over some stuff.

1) I have what looks to be all the "parts" for the choke, but it just doesn't seem right. The mounting tab of metal for the choke cable seems too close to the carb, and doesn't make sense. I'll take a picture of it later.

2) The truck is turning over, we have fuel(rebuilt carb as well), we have spark, but it hasn't even coughed. We tried moving the choke plate by hand to simulate a closed choke and a handful of other various "amounts" of choke setting, but the truck again never coughed or tried to start.

I think the battery may not be spinning it fast enough, and today I'll be buying the highest amp battery I can find and trying that.

This truck should run fine, all it has done is sit--it ran perfectly the last time it was running 12-14 years ago, and at that time it had spent the last 8-10 years sitting as well. Pop's said that with NO tune up and not even a carb rebuild, it fired right up(after ~10 years!!).

05-18-2014, 10:25 AM	#4
jumpsoffrock Registered User Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: California Posts: 930	Re: '67 C50 choke on a 327 Very cool, thank you very much. Let's go over some stuff. 1) I have what looks to be all the "parts" for the choke, but it just doesn't seem right. The mounting tab of metal for the choke cable seems too close to the carb, and doesn't make sense. I'll take a picture of it later. 2) The truck is turning over, we have fuel(rebuilt carb as well), we have spark, but it hasn't even coughed. We tried moving the choke plate by hand to simulate a closed choke and a handful of other various "amounts" of choke setting, but the truck again never coughed or tried to start. I think the battery may not be spinning it fast enough, and today I'll be buying the highest amp battery I can find and trying that. This truck should run fine, all it has done is sit--it ran perfectly the last time it was running 12-14 years ago, and at that time it had spent the last 8-10 years sitting as well. Pop's said that with NO tune up and not even a carb rebuild, it fired right up(after ~10 years!!).