Dodge 440 choke cable needed

[Davis Lewis]

Hi, can someone recommend a good quality manual adjustable setting open/close setting choke cable? or electric choke? Link/part number would be helpful. I have a 68 charger 440 with carter afb 4137s.

I would like get the engine to idle on its own when cold. I have a manual cable but its hard to find the same "start" setting every time. It idles/runs great when hot but do not like having to rev it to keep it running when cold. I assume if the idle screw works when hot I shouldn`t touch it. There are two screws on the front but not sure if turning them would help.

I read roughly 9" vacuum at booster. What are some things I can do to get it to idle when cold?

I also have #3 inlet in the photo above plugged. Where should that go and would help solve my problem?

Thanks

 

[turbine68rt]

Have you tried finding a good 4429 core to rebuild? If not, a good alternative would be an Edelbrock AVS2 #1906 with electric choke.
#3 goes to your pcv valve.

 

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[Davis Lewis]

Hi, it might be my fast idle cam adjustment. It does not engage with choke almost closed and with tapping gas once. What could be issue? If someone has same carb that I could compare photos of the linkages with that would be great.

choke closed

choke open

I also assume #1 in photo is when fast idle is activated and where I adjust screw from?

 

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[Davis Lewis]

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The issue is fast idle cam is not engaging

 

[Davis Lewis]

The issue is fast idle cam is not engaging

Also, what goes here?

 

[turbine68rt]

It looks like your choke rod arm is 180° off compared to this. The screw should be on the cam when closed and in the notch when open.

 

[Davis Lewis]

Yes I did fix that and now the fast idle screw sits on the index when choke plate is closed. But still cannot get the choke to "set" when depressing gas pedal once.

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It looks like your choke rod arm is 180° off compared to this. The screw should be on the cam when closed and in the notch when open.

 

[Davis Lewis]

Yes I did fix that and now the fast idle screw sits on the index when choke plate is closed. But still cannot get the choke to "set" when depressing gas pedal once.

choke fully closed

choke fully open

choke pulloff when choke fully closed

 

[turbine68rt]

If you're using an aftermarket intake with no provisions for a choke thermostat, you may be better off getting a carb with an electric choke as previously mentioned.