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If that corrosion is on the visible outer parts of the metal, and not the mating surfaces where the current flows, then it won't affect performance. Corrosion on the mating surfaces will increase the resistance of the circuit.
Norm - Thanks again, you're absolutely right! The back nut/bolt looks much fresher than the one in the front that looks terrible, don't know why, but certainly appears that way in the photo. When everything's running great, I find it too easy to look past stuff like that, my strong suit (if I have one), is not preventative maintenence. Thanks again!
It is correct to believe the condenser absorbs energy and prevents arcing between the contact points each time they open; but you don't have contact points. None-the-less, in both cases the condenser really plays a significant role by rapidly collapsing the magnetic field. It's the rapid collapse of the electrical field which ensures a solid spark each & every time.
Yeah, and you won't know that unless you clean them.
Guys - I don’t know enough about the operation of my specific Holley Street Demon carb to give you the answer. If I were guessing, I'd guess the electric choke is non-functional based on the initial starting procedure (after sitting several days) relayed to me by the previous owner. Procedure is to pump the gas pedal 10-times, turn on the ignition. It almost always starts and continues to run on the 1st attempt. If it doesn't start immediately, or starts and quickly falters and dies, pump pedal 3 or 4 more times and retry. It's never taken more than 2 trys for it to start and stay running. Once it has been started and has been driven, you no longer have to pump the pedal prior to restarting it the rest of the day. Just turn the key and it fires right up.
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I'm modestly suspicious why the PO disconnected the electric choke. It may be as simple as they didn't wire in the choke correctly so they simply removed the hot wire power feed and called it a day.
True. A fellow golfer (Jack) stopped playing golf w/ us ~3 years ago - Jack is now 96 yrs old. At 83 yrs of age Jack was on his roof doing some form of maintenance or whatever. He positioned the ladder well enough to climb onto the roof unfortunately he could not get back down onto the ladder. Fire department was called to bring him down.
Chris How does it start when its cold? Norm Having spent 1/2 my life climbing over parapets to get on a shopping center roof, I can saw w/o a doubt getting off the ladder is the easy part getting back on to go down is much harder
I witnessed my neighbor across the street get hung up and unable to figure out how to get back on ladder to get off the roof a couple of years ago. I offered assistance, he declined, and then I kinda kept an eye on him until I saw him get down. His roofline is the same as mine, right in the corner of the garage/house roofs, and I found myself in the same situation years earlier. I figured it out much faster than he did, though.
Jim - I am assuming you are asking about Winter type cold and not just cold from sitting. The car never sits outside during the Winter, so it never gets super cold. I do go out and start it up in the Wintertime and run it up to operating temp for awhile to drive moisture out of it. The garage/car temp might be down to high 30's or low 40's if the outside temp is low enough. Starting procedure and results are still the same. Pump the gas 10-times, try to start, usually starts and continues to run on the first try. Sometimes a second cycle is needed with only 3 or 4 pumps on the gas pedal on the 2nd cycle.
Chris Tanks Yes I was referring to cold winter starts. The only thing I can bring to the party is 10 x sounds a little excessive. BUT I learned a long time ago Each one of the beast has its own quirks and [as an owner/operator] you just have to remember their temperament
Chris Tanks Yes I was referring to cold winter starts. The only thing I can bring to the party is 10 x sounds a little excessive. BUT I learned a long time ago Each one of the beast has its own quirks and [as an owner/operator] you just have to remember their temperament
Hey Jim and Jeff - 10-times may be excessive, I don't really know. But remember, during those Wintertime start-ups, the car has sat for at least a month or more, I'm sure the fuel bowl is bone dry. During the summertime, at least a week, sometimes more, between starts and the garage temp is +90° during the day, again the fuel bowl is probably completely dry.
At one time back in the 80s I had a Holley carb without a choke. After pumping the gas a few times the engine would start and idle fine, but I could not drive off as the engine would die. Had to let it run for a bit to warm up first. So Chris's carb may be similar in that it dumps enough fuel to have a rich enough mixture to fire up and idle.
At one time back in the 80s I had a Holley carb without a choke. After pumping the gas a few times the engine would start and idle fine, but I could not drive off as the engine would die. Had to let it run for a bit to warm up first. So Chris's carb may be similar in that it dumps enough fuel to have a rich enough mixture to fire up and idle.
I'm thinking that a manual choke would work fine, with less gas pumping to be had. Had a 850 Holley on my '66 goat and the choke mounted under the dash, I would reach down, pull it about half way out (insert commnet here) and give it one pump of the gas, and it would fire right up.
I'm thinking that a manual choke would work fine, with less gas pumping to be had. Had a 850 Holley on my '66 goat and the choke mounted under the dash, I would reach down, pull it about half way out (insert commnet here) and give it one pump of the gas, and it would fire right up.
Kenneth - I am going to be brutally honest, I am not a good mechanic. I can do simple mechanical stuff, but I am absolutely clueless and horrible with electrical. I would require some assistance from one of my much more knowledgeable car buddies to do as you're suggesting. I'm satisfied with how the car operates for right now, it's not a big inconvenience considering how well the car runs otherwise. Thanks for your insight and suggestion though!
Kenneth - I am going to be brutally honest, I am not a good mechanic. I can do simple mechanical stuff, but I am absolutely clueless and horrible with electrical. I would require some assistance from one of my much more knowledgeable car buddies to do as you're suggesting. I'm satisfied with how the car operates for right now, it's not a big inconvenience considering how well the car runs otherwise. Thanks for your insight and suggestion though!
Put up some more pictures we'll find something else for you to do.
Chris, this would be a very simple operation.
You would need a length of wire with a female blade terminal crimped on each end.
Connect one end to the choke coil terminal.
Run the wire through an existing grommet in the firewall.
Connect the other end to the IGN terminal in the fuse box.
Done.
Now you would be able to drive the car in cold temperatures without a long warmup period.
You would need a length of wire with a female blade terminal crimped on each end.
Connect one end to the choke coil terminal.
Run the wire through an existing grommet in the firewall.
Connect the other end to the IGN terminal in the fuse box.
Done.
Now you would be able to drive the car in cold temperatures without a long warmup period.
Well, I was thinking of times before the roads were salted, driving with the top down and the heater on, enjoying the brisk air that makes the engine feel powerful, and laying down rubber stripes at the stop lights. Eh, maybe I’m just remembering fun times from my youth.