Carb and Divorced Choke issue
As for your choke problem, unless something is broken or bent beyond repair, the choke looks good in your photos. Open the throttle a little and make sure everything moves freely and that when it's cold, the choke is completely closes and once the engine starts the choke pull-off opens the choke about 1/8-1/4". You'll have to look up your exact carb to see what the factory setting is but that should be pretty close. If the choke doesn't open at all, it will run real rich and belch black smoke out the exhaust. That is usually caused by the choke pull-off diaphram having a hole in it. It's not repairable so you'll have to get a new one. In some cases, the linkage could be way out of adjustment, broken, or missing but your photos show that they're present and connected. If the choke opens too much, it will run too lean and will probably die when you put it in gear or try to accelerate. Yours is the heat assist type so like I said before, check that the heater element is working. Just turn the key to the on position and put your finger on the choke housing. It should heat up fairly quickly so carefull you don't burn your finger! If the car runs good once it's fully warmed up, it should be in the choke adjustment and/or components.
They made the 1945 for many years and since there were different smog requirements for each, they have various features. A '64 Valiant wouldn't have had a "Super Six" from the factory either. '77 was the first year for the 6cyl. 2bbl setup. What he probably had was a "Super 225" which was the standard 1bbl 225 that year.Yeah, that has become a hassle. Im not quite sure who did that. Whoever did it was not very good. They painted almost everything...including some of the vacuum hoses:shock: which I now have to replace.
As I was looking at the 1945 I noticed that there is a hose attachment on the carbs left side, towards the top. Why would mine not have one? is mine just an earlier style?
Here is a pic of the carb with the hose attachment in question. You can see it on the carbs top right as it curves around towards the front of the carb.
Thanks for clearing up the Super six thing. Now I can put this to rest. The more I looked at that carb I thought "this is way too small." I am not too familiar with carbs. Closest thing I have worked with was the throttle body from my 89 Camaro I had years ago.
As for your choke problem, unless something is broken or bent beyond repair, the choke looks good in your photos. Open the throttle a little and make sure everything moves freely and that when it's cold, the choke is completely closes and once the engine starts the choke pull-off opens the choke about 1/8-1/4". You'll have to look up your exact carb to see what the factory setting is but that should be pretty close. If the choke doesn't open at all, it will run real rich and belch black smoke out the exhaust. That is usually caused by the choke pull-off diaphram having a hole in it. It's not repairable so you'll have to get a new one. In some cases, the linkage could be way out of adjustment, broken, or missing but your photos show that they're present and connected. If the choke opens too much, it will run too lean and will probably die when you put it in gear or try to accelerate. Yours is the heat assist type so like I said before, check that the heater element is working. Just turn the key to the on position and put your finger on the choke housing. It should heat up fairly quickly so carefull you don't burn your finger! If the car runs good once it's fully warmed up, it should be in the choke adjustment and/or components.