Re: IML: Electric Choke

[randalpark@xxxxxxx]

The electric choke is completely adjustable, and will open faster or 
slower depending on the choke spring adjustment. The car that I was 
working on used a lead from the Oil Pressure Sending Unit to power the 
electric choke from the factory.

During a wiring problem that occurred, there was no power going to that 
circuit. That problem caused my Oil Pressure Sending Unit and the 
electric choke to malfunction. As an emergency step, I tapped into the 
first thing I could find to get power to the choke. The plus side of 
the coil was handy, and it worked. Not only did it work, but the choke 
spring did not require any adjustment to compensate for a difference in 
voltage that might have been between the two sources.

I drove the car that way for over a year before finding the original 
wiring problem that caused all the trouble in the first place. When a 
shop installed a new water pump on my car, they caught the wiring to 
the Oil Pressure Sending Unit under the pump housing, tightened 
everything down, and promplty shorted out the circuit. It wasn't easy 
to find since the engine is pretty greasy, and the wires hang quite 
low. I actually discovered it when I was changing the oil and filter. 
With the filter removed, on that car, I could see where the wiring was 
coming out from under the water pump.

Once the choke was again being powered by its correct and original 
source, I still did not have to adjust anything to make it work 
properly. Again, this was not on a Chrysler, but it did work fine.

Paul W.

-----Original Message-----
From: thomash85715@xxxxxxxxx
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Electric Choke

In a car with a ballast resistor, does the coil not receive less than 
12 volts except during cranking?  How long would it take for the 
electric choke to heat up this way? Not sure if a 67 has ballast or 
not.  Regardless of where you tap in, I suggest an inline fuse 
available from radio shack close to the point you get the power 
especially if you come off the regulator directly. 
 
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--Tom in Tucson   63 Custom

randalpark@xxxxxxx wrote:
I connected mine to the plus side of the coil (on another make of car),
and it worked just fine.

Paul W.

-----Original Message-----
From: miner@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Electric Choke

Hi Chris, 
You'd be better off hooking it into the fuse box to a unused terminal
that has 12V key on only. 
Stevan Miner 
Miner Auto Service 
Winnebago, MN 
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Strohmeyer"
 
To:  
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:19 AM 
Subject: IML: Electric Choke 
 
> Is there anything wrong with hooking the electric choke off my new >
edelbrock carb to the feed to my regulator. That's just switched 12
volts > right? 
> Thx, 
> Chris Strohmeyer 
> 67 Imperial Convertible 
>  
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