Thanks for the great responses guys, I am a newb at this so I appreciate the insight. I believe the choke on my Duster's 318 thats in the car is manual. Is there a process to convert it to electric?
To convert it to electric is easy... Just run a wire from a 12 volt source that's keyed on with the ignition...
I like to run a piggyback flat terminal to the input side of the ballast resistor on the two prong ballast... To find out which one it is, just disconnect both wires from the ballast resistor and then turn the key to the "on" position, then probe each wire with a test light... Whichever one makes the light go on is the input - use that one... The piggyback will allow you to stack flat terminals together and then connect the stock wire to the same side also... Then if you ever decide to remove it, you just take it off and reconnect the stock wire as it was....
Then just don't hook up the manual choke cable...
When adjusted correctly with the electric choke, it will start up and run fine cold... I ran this carb on my daily driver in the winter (0° - 32° F typically) and when adjusted properly will start up fine when cold and after the oil pressure comes up put it in gear and drive away with no stumbles.... No need to let it run for a few minutes to warm up...
Don't hook up the positive choke wire to the coil positive - it is not 12 volts and won't work right...
