Installing a Manual Choke

[@keggybear11]

thank you for posting this...hubby decided to go back to manual...we did not have a small lead ball but got a 1/16 fishing weight and lightly hammered it in the hole and put some sealer on the hole and looks like it is gonna work great.

[@SmackeysGarage]

Glad it helped. That should work well!

[@Mike-sh2dg]

Thank you for this! Very well done video. I can’t get my electric choke to work correctly and I’m getting ready to install a manual choke myself. This video will prove to be very helpful.

[@SmackeysGarage]

Thanks Mike! It wasn’t a bad install at all when you see how everything lines up.

[@Comm0ut]

Electrcial chokes were always inferior designs for drivers too lazy to work a manual choke. This video is what Holley should have produced if they cared. Good work! Subscribed.

[@SmackeysGarage]

I've definitely been happier with the control and ability to manually manipulate the manual choke. Thanks!

[@ted7653]

Agreed, electric chokes are beatiful on a car/truck that only drives every Sunday when its 70-85f. I live in ky and see wildly variable temps during the wintertime, to say I'm over this electric choke is an understatement.

[@tonyramsey3798]

Thank you soooooo much for this video. Exactly what i needed

[@SmackeysGarage]

Glad I could help!

[@CMOSX]

Great tutorial, this will be one of my carb updates as well. I love that cobra figure you got there!

[@SmackeysGarage]

Thank you! My wife purchased it for me off Etsy

[@AndyKruseChannel]

Great video! Your editing is getting really good, I might have to take a few ideas for mine...... 😀

[@SmackeysGarage]

Thanks and thanks for noticing! I’ve been spending a bit more time on the editing process.

[@CCAutoWorks]

Nice work that carb stand is a must I need to get one

[@SmackeysGarage]

Yes it is. I didn’t realize how much easier it made it to work on the carb. Easy to flip over the entire carb and work on the bottom as well

[@richperkins5192]

Thanks brother. I’m converting mine too. Having an issue with the electric choke and want to change to a more simple trouble free choke that I can adjust

[@SmackeysGarage]

Glad to help. Was an easy conversion. I really liked the manual choke setup. Definitely get a quality cable. Makes all the difference.

[@richperkins5192]

@@SmackeysGarage sounds good and thanks again!

[@deanseybuiltcustoms]

great video! ive been fighting rich off idle condition for months now, and come to find out when you open the throttle only when driving the vehicle the choke flap closes and the vehicle falls on its face every time, im going to switch to manual choke, the spring could just be so worn on my electric choke, thanks for the info on the conversion! keep on hot roding!

[@SmackeysGarage]

Glad this was able to help you! One thing I've seen on the electric choke, is if the spring doesn't get placed back on the little arm under the manual choke black housing, it can have symptoms like that. Manual choke is a better option though if you are like me and prefer control! Keep on hot rodding!!!

[@patrickcurram9763]

Thank you I’m hating chokes in general right now! It’s either a power supply for the electric choke or the vacuum leaks for the hot chok. I’m going this way and being done with it! I just had to change carbs in the fall lol not smart

[@SmackeysGarage]

I hear you. I started with an electric choke and it performed OK. Part of it not performing well was me having to get the car out of the garage with the choke still on. I recently went back to running a manual choke and I'm really happy about it. I did a comparison video of my experiences running a manual choke, electric choke, and no choke. Spoiler: I went back to manual!

[@BPattB]

I caught at the end that you made a few other mods when the carb was off. If you were only doing the choke swap do you think you could have left the float bowls and metering blocks on the carb while you installed the new manual choke?

[@SmackeysGarage]

I feel like I could have left them on since nothing inside that area was changing. Installing that small ball with the manual choke would have been harder if the carburetor was still on the car.

[@BPattB]

@SmackeysGarage yeah I think I'll pull it off and do the sawp. I was looking at all the little parts of the kit and thinking "idk about this" but your video was great. Made it look easy

[@boosted9319]

Just saw you on a few of my videos so I followed you back.

[@victorxavier9977]

That car sure is pretty 😍 I like that carb stand 😁👍

[@SmackeysGarage]

Thanks! It's a new purchase from Summit. Really like it too.

[@BPattB]

I have a freaking 9 quart oil pan that I'm "pretty sure" affects my warm up time. Manual choke is the way to go for control.

[@SmackeysGarage]

Yep a 9 quart pan will take forever to warm up on these engines!

[@ID10TGARAGE]

I actually want to do the exact opposite to my Torino. Mostly because the choke cable is janky and im not sure if the carb is 100% working correctly.

[@SmackeysGarage]

Remove it or go electric?

[@ID10TGARAGE]

@@SmackeysGarage ill probably remove the Holley 650 double pumper and install a EdlBlrock 1406 with Electric

[@SmackeysGarage]

@@ID10TGARAGE The electric chokes work well on a car that’s tuned somewhere in the right ballpark. Looking forward to seeing it

[@MM-hh5nz]

Hi, what carb base plate are you using? I have Hollley 650DP but I am missing one more 3/8 vacuum port for PCV and brake booster

[@SmackeysGarage]

I'm using the carb baseplate that came with my carb. It is Holley P/N 76750BL. I plan on taking the carb apart more this week and can let you know just the base plate P/N.

[@blackseabrew]

Is is possible to swap back to the electric choke? For long term purposes I want an electric choke. But for short term purpose of breaking in a new engine I need a manual choke.

[@SmackeysGarage]

You would need to drill out the lead ball that is placed in with the kit. Or, if you want find some other less permanent way to seal that area. Otherwise, the parts just bolt on.

[@blackseabrew]

@@SmackeysGarage Thanks.

[@ronfarrows7132]

Thank You Very Much !!!

[@SmackeysGarage]

You are welcome Ron!

[@moparnut6286]

Cool going to manual...shhhh don't tell the fuel injection guys the hate manual anything!😂

[@SmackeysGarage]

Hahaha that is very true! Even going from electric choke to manual is controversial!

[@evhoRoLL]

Firing order.

[@SmackeysGarage]

On the FE?

[@joeyboss3029]

about your shirt; firing order offcourse :D

[@SmackeysGarage]

You got that, but which engine! (Extra credit)

[@joeyboss3029]

@@SmackeysGarage On most ford V8's i think but the 351 is different what i read about

[@SmackeysGarage]

Yep! The HO 302s also had a different firing order (newer model cars)

[@mikerosetta9140]

good info. too many commercials

[@SmackeysGarage]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll see if I can adjust that.

[@gingercelest5776]

Those numbers are your firing order