BYmechanic Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Enclosed is a photo of my 1926 Dodge choke control mechanism. I must be missing something. The control rod fits into the housing and the end attaches to the control wire that goes to the choke lever, but what keeps it at a set position:confused: ie. half choke or full choke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyAus Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Remove the knob and cable from the housing. You will see a hole inside the housing which should contain a spring and a 1/4" ball bearing. The ball is held against the grooves in the knob by the spring, thus retaing the choke setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BYmechanic Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 TonyAus, thank-you for your reply. My choke control is missing the spring and the ball bearing. Could you please give me the diamensions of the spring. I figured there had to be a spring involved, but that alone didn't work.Thanks! Marv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyAus Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 From memory, the spring is 1/4" in diameter and about 1/2" long (a neat fit in the hole both ways) so it is compressed when the ball is fitted. It is heavier than a ballpoint pen spring - you might have to trawl through your junk box to find something useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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