Choke cables
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Choke cables
I’m putting twin carbs on my car which is a 1961 850 (now 1098). I still have the original choke cable but wonder if I need to change it to suit the twins? I think the original arrangement had the cable pull the choke lever from underneath, but on the twins I think it can only go from the top. Do I need to change the cable? Is it possible to keep the original choke knob with a single ‘C’ on it? The cooper ones seem to be twist to lock of say ‘CHOKE’ on them.
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Re: Choke cables
You will almost certainly need to swap the cable. The std one is a solid wire and short, the twin one is a Bowden type cable & much longer. You can graft a longer Bowden cable onto the std knob, but it is a lot of faffing about.