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knighty · Alfasud Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Essex, UK

I,m in the process of re-comissioning a 1.7 8v for my kit car, its running a pair of twin 40 dellortos, and the choke cable is broken between the two carbs……I bought just the engine, so I'm not familiar with the alfa-33 layout…….what does the choke cable normally look like……..is it 1 continous piece of inner cable that gos from both carbs to the adjusting knob in the dashboard?.......or is it supposed to be split where the adjusting cable joins the first carburettor?......do I need a genuine alfa cable, or could I bodge together something using one of those universal choke cables?

eagle3 · Alfa 33 Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Posts: 402 Location: France

There's usually a choke cable to one of the carbs and a bar linking the two carbs. Confused

Er, I think.
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knighty · Alfasud Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Essex, UK

yes, thats true for the throttle/acellerator cable.......but its the choke cable that I'm asking about, the one that needs to be operated for cold weather starting

Admin · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

Hi

The choke cable is one long cable. It goes (from memory) from the choke lever to the n/s carb (ie, water pump side of the engine) then round the front of the engine to the o/s carb.

They are normally fairly useless. They have a habit of sticking on so often people leave on disconnected (ie, the n/s one). But to be honest they are not really needed. They are accelerator pump carbs so blipping the throttle squirts a load of extra fuel into the inlets. It is easy to start them from cold just doing this, and easy to keep them running the same way.

All the best

Keith
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eagle3 · Alfa 33 Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Posts: 402 Location: France

Oops. Sorry I got my chokes and throttles mixed up.

Yeah a lot of people say not to use the choke at all.
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BigAl · P4 Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 2995 Location: U.K Surrey

I remember my 8v carbs and miss it quite a lot Sad

Tha manual says for cold starting to press the clutch pedal in, press the throttle pedal 1 1/2 times and start the engine. I used to do this on my old 8v and it started first time everytime, apart from when my carbs needed tuning, balancing or cleaning. I to disconnected the choke cable and never used it.
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Eddie_W · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:55 am Post subject:

Inner is one piece, outer is two piece. Mine has been stuck ever since I got the car. Alfa only advise using it for a very short period but it can be handy to keep the motor running while you shut the gates on an icy morning. Otherwise don't worry about it
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