[Healeys] choke return springs

[Bob Spidell]

Yep. The ball point springs just curled up. The only real remedy is to put springs between the choke arms and the engine or chassis, but the drawback is it's pert'near impossible to lock the choke knob on. 

I did have some luck putting stiffer springs under the shaft with the 'foot' on the bottom and cleaning up all the shafts and pivot points, but still not perfection. Heck I usually want/need to pop the bonnet on first start of the day to check oil, etc. so just have to remember to push the choke arms down by hand. 

Bob 


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I found this on John Sims' site and was wondering if anyone has tride this 
and to what success? I spent last night hooking up the HD8 style choke 
cables on my BT7 and see that a return spring would be handy: 
Thanks Ed 
Choke Return Springs for a BJ8 

"It seems many dealers fitted choke return springs on the HD8 Carbs as 
needed. 
Ed Kaler of justbrits.com offers this unique idea. 

I have always used 3 ball point pen springs slid over the choke cables and 
captured between the cable bracket and the pin that goes 
through the choke lever. This is very hard to see and doesn't require any 
drilling, 
bending or whatever to the car. And, by George it sure 
works... " 


Ed 

Ira Erbs 
IT Teacher 
and Consultant 
Portland, OR