dancinwulf
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My 340 starts immediately once running but is hard to start when cold, is there a choke that can be fitted or is there any tricks I can try.
It has a choke butterfly and some linkage but no chole coil in the intake to close it when cold. You may need to get a Factory service manual to find all the needed parts and adjustments. PS, loading photos directly to the site is quite easy and much more convenient for us.Here are the views from both sides
Just a couple keystrokes and I found this. You can see what you are missing. It would be smart for you to check the number on the intake and carb to make sure they are compatible with the choke pieces you will need. If you have a mish mash of parts it will be a lot tougher to come up with the right combination.Here are the views from both sides
It's hard to see in the package, but I believe this will work for you. It's not electric. It's just a standard bimetal spring choke. I'm not 100% positive, but I'm pretty sure that will work.
MOPAR Choke Thermostat Tomco 9076 Thermoquad | eBay
Yep, it's not like a Holley that squirts a couple shot glasses of gas with every stomp on the loud pedal.That should do it. A TQ needs to have the choke close to start cold.
That should do it. A TQ needs to have the choke close to start cold.
It's hard to see in the package, but I believe this will work for you. It's not electric. It's just a standard bimetal spring choke. I'm not 100% positive, but I'm pretty sure that will work.
MOPAR Choke Thermostat Tomco 9076 Thermoquad | eBay
I've been using them for a long time. They haven't worked well, take forever to heat up. You need to use that little resistor thing called the choke control. The power wire plugs into the choke control and the choke control plugs into the choke wire. I'm sure it will work like Chrysler intended then. That Tomco one doesn't have the wire but the factory ones and the Carter ones do. The part number for the choke control is 3755770. The early mechanical TQ chokes that used a gasket below the well cup always seemed to work better for me.
The early mechanical TQ chokes that used a gasket below the well cup always seemed to work better for me.
You are correct in that they don't heat up quickly, but not all of them were electric, either. The elarly TQ cars didn't have the electric assist. I was trying to choose the most economic option. Those electric ones are pricey.
I ran an open element air cleaner year round, only had a problem once. Froze up on a really cold night on the highway