[Healeys] Thermo-electric choke Q

Oudesluys coudesluijs at chello.nl
Fri Jan 23 03:20:09 MST 2009


Take the simple route and convert to a manual choke. You can cobble up 
something yourself or there may be kits around, there used to anyway.
Kees Oudesluijs


Alan Seigrist schreef:
> All -
>
> This is for my Jag MK IX which uses the same SU choke as the Mk 1, and also
> has HD6 carbs on it.
>
> The thermo choke is constantly kicking on and off, even after the car has
> warmed up.  Am I right to assume this means the thermo sensor is shot?
>
> I'm of half a mind to just put a switch on the circuit and when the car is
> warmed up, just shut off power to the choke.  Is this a good enough way to
> fix this piece of **** or do pay for a new thermo sensor, which is around
> $80?
>
> I ask the question because Hong Kong is pretty warm all the time, so I don't
> think I really need a choke at all, except maybe a couple months out of the
> year.
>
> Any thoughts appreciated...  just thinking this through.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '64 BJ8
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