[TR] Choke cable movement

[John Macartney]

Gary - what you describe is a not unusual problem. In fact, it's identical to the one we're 
currently experiencing on the Triumph Trans-AmeriCa Raffle Prize Spitfire in the UK as I write. 
Sounds to me that you need to loosen the clamp holding the cable in place and adjust it so it pulls 
the chokes firmly open. On "Spitty" we adopted the following procedure (until some 'know all' 
recommended a cable adjustment

1. Open door and get into car with top erected. Garage is narrow and surplus frontal body fat makes 
this a painful (and difficult) manoeuvre.
1a. Settle in seat and gasp a little at immediately previous exertions. Oaths are appropriate if you 
banged your head on the hoodirons in the process
2. Insert ignition key and turn on
3. Place both feet on dashboard and grab choke knob with both hands - not an easy action with the 
steering wheel in place
4. Pull hard until you hear plastic in knob beginning to crack as cable starts to come away from 
knob interior
5. Then pull some more by straightening legs
6. Cable should come out further - and suddenly, indicating chokes are now open.
7. Twist ignition key and blast engine into action with accompanying death rattle from empty oil 
filter

This treatment may seem unnecessarily violent? Perhaps - but it takes me back to the days of new 
Triumphs when this type of choke operation was the rule rather than the exception. It's all part of 
the 'originality' of the car and an essential element of the WGAS (who gives a ***t) philosophy that 
prevailed in abundance at the end of the Final Finish line.

Jonmac

----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:51 AM
Subject: [TR] Choke cable movement


> The latest choke discussion brings up another problem with finishing  the
> restoration of my TR 3. I cannot pull the knob out far enough to actually  pull
> the "choke valve" down. We have to get under the hood and directly position
> the linkage beyond the fast idle position which as far as the knob and cable
> will move it. I have not taken time to investigate this yet as we have only
> started it a couple of times. Just thinking someone may have had this trouble
> and will be able to steer me toward a fix.
>
> Gary B
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