I have a 1973 455,,,Well I only have had this car for maybe 3 weeks and I was changing the air filter when i noticed a wire tying of some lever on the choke side of the carb...I took it off and started the car and the lever went up when i pushed on the gas pedal...Which activated the choke plate..The problem is the choke wil not disengage...I looked at pics on the net of the choke and I can tell something is missing on the lever..Where the wire had it tied down it looks like something should be going through the hole......What is missing? Whoever had it before me basically just tied off the lever so the choke is never being used..It always took a extended time for the car to run smooth....If I start the car up with the lever untied and set the choke with the gas pedal,,,,the lever pops up and the car starts to run rich....So now i have it tied back off until i find whats missing....

 

sounded like soembody was having problem with the choke running too rich

just tie it back up.

 

Can you take some pictures of that side of the carb? Close enough so we can see what is and isn't there? John

 

here are some,,like I said if the wire is unhooked the choke will activate but will never release

 

i did tie it back up,,But I was just wanting the choke to work properly,,,It will help on them cold mornings this winter

 

Classic example of what happens when people who have no business messing with a QuadraJet, do. Now you're paying the price for a previous owner's backyard ingenuity.

There may not be anything missing, and it may only need adjusting. Also possibility someone installed a component in wrong order or backwards during a rebuild.

You need in place:

1) the fast idle screw and cam follower on the carb baseplate. Wedge-shaped thing with a set screw on it. It's down and behind the choke housing.
2) the fast idle cam (what the wire is currently tied thru)
3) a functioning choke thermostat. Take it off its housing and make sure the spring isn't burned thru. If it is there's a deeper problem. It should be set at INDEX position (as it currently is)
4) a functioning choke pulloff (the vacuum thing)

Let us know if this stuff is there, and we can probably walk you thru the adjustments. Also look at the left rear side of the carb and get the numbers off it so we'll know exactly which carb we're dealing with. Should be something like 7043253 or similar.

 

I'll get the numbers now,,,,i sure could use the help,,i am kinda lost when it comes to carbs

 

ok the # is 704325 and i cannot make out the last #

 

I beleive all is there that u listed,,,I dont know if i have a working choke thermostat...I see the part with a set srew under the choke housing.....Will anything pop out when i remove the black cover from the housing