Divorced choke resistor

Yours cant be the single one different from all others. The choke is thermal/mechanical. If you lift it from the well you will see an adjustment point but that had to be there due to the variance in the metal coils, etc.. It's not meant for repeated/field use.
I find it hard to believe you can drive the car with the choke baffle closed.
The most common fault condition is a change in carb or the base gasket thickness.
One can grab that linkage rod, pull it up and connect it ( it is attached to a spring like coil after all ) but the temp swing would never be enough to undo what was done by hand. To rework the bends in that linkage rod is a more practical method.
And by the way... I don't see the end of the electric assist element sticking out of the choke well in your pic.