Posted By: PlumCrazy73Dodge
electric choke wire...where????? EDELBROCK - 07/16/08 10:11 PM
1406 edelbrock carb, my choke wire fell off, the red one, does it go on the pos. side of the coil?? My engine has been cutting out, may be choke related, the wire fell off.........any help is good........also the coil i had was not labeled pos or neg i tested it when i hooked it up....where does the brown wire go? its in a 73 challenger....Mike
Posted By: sthemi
Re: electric choke wire...where????? EDELBROCK - 07/16/08 11:02 PM
I like to splice into the field wire of the alternator. I would not recommend the coil wire as a place to hook up.
Posted By: John_Kunkel
Re: electric choke wire...where????? EDELBROCK - 07/16/08 11:24 PM
A '73 has two field wires, be sure to use the blue one not the green one; the double blue wire on the ballast is the same circuit.
Posted By: NITROUSN
Re: electric choke wire...where????? EDELBROCK - 07/17/08 12:46 AM
73 Already has a wire for the choke. 73 is when they stsrted with electric assisted choke systems.
Posted By: PlumCrazy73Dodge
Re: electric choke wire...where????? EDELBROCK - 07/17/08 05:06 AM
thanks guys i think the problem may be a broken valve spring after all...the choke wiring issues...the blue wire has been cut/played with by someone the little plastic bo where the wires stem from is a mess...needless to say i think its time to pull the motor and give it a new paint job anyway...
Posted By: sthemi
Re: electric choke wire...where????? EDELBROCK - 07/17/08 05:07 AM
The factory set up used a timer so the choke only has power when it is cold, since it still had ahot air feed from the intake.
You would need to use the hot feed to the timer not the output side of it.
Posted By: PlumCrazy73Dodge
Re: electric choke wire...where????? EDELBROCK - 07/17/08 07:28 PM
I looked into it more today and checked the valve springs.....they are fine...may be a valve problem....it cuts out and runs like total junk at a higher rpm.....has a miss then dies altogether....I am yankin the engine out anyway cause I wanna do some things.....forged internals and what not....the choke wiring has the positive red wire and i dont know where it went, there is a choke relay under the coil....there??? or somehwere else?? the dark blue wire i see on the ballast but thats the only place....it must be a diff color at the connection point where all the wires meet in the plastic block....i will post pics when i get the engine back in and I am ready to wire it up....thanks for the help guys... Mike this job is
Use the blue wire coming off the ballast resistor. It should have hot power when the ignition switch is in the start and run position.