Cold Start Issues

carfreak6970 said
upon opening the throttle plates on the cold motor, the choke plates do close. It still cranks like no ones business with no starting. So again I had to prime it with starting fluid.

Next time, just try pumping in some extra fuel by working the throttle. The accelerator pumps will shoot fuel in every time the throttles are opened from idle or off-idle.

carfreak6970 said
The choke plates were still closed but if you did not feather the throttle it would die.

Sounds like the choke qualifier isn't working, aka vacuum kick. The choke plates should open slightly as soon as the engine is running. The vacuum diaphram should be connected to a manifold vacuum source and the link to the choke as shown.
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carfreak6970 said
I was about to adjust the fast idle screw when I noticed the fast idle cam was not engaged (however the choke plates were still closed). So I manually set the fast idle cam, twist the key and the car fired right up and ran on its own.

So for what ever reason the choke plates close like they should, but the fast idle cam is not rotating into position like it should. How can that be?

A rod linkage determines the fast idle screw to cam relationship.

Both of these photos are of the 1968Plymouth FSM. (AVS came on 340 and 383cid engines that year) Use Drill #54