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avondale87 wrote in post #19470685
Had a browse and wonder if it's for a dash light?

It is for a dash light. Back then gauges did not have backlighting like we do today. I thought it was for a choke at first, but some research proved it to be a dash light. BTW, anyone here know what a choke is?

Lou

lowrider wrote in post #19470709
BTW, anyone here know what a choke is?

Lou

It's a stopper for air/fuel ratio. Common on lawnmower and other small engines when I was young.
It forced more fuel than air into the engine's intake for proper combustion.

The idea was that it could force more fuel into the engine's intake, making starting and warming up
of the engine easier. This was long before fuel injection and other methods which made starting gas
engines simpler, and was an everyday aspect of getting a gasoline engine running.
It relies on the suction of an engine's intake method to draw more fuel than air.

I maintained a choke on my 1977 MGB even after converting to an earlier Stromberg
2-carburetor system, which dated to the 1960s or before.
It was necessary even on warm days.

lowrider wrote in post #19470709
It is for a dash light. Back then gauges did not have backlighting like we do today. I thought it was for a choke at first, but some research proved it to be a dash light. BTW, anyone here know what a choke is?

Lou

Thanks
The more I look at that dash the more admiration I have for early automobile designs
Choke. I was bought up on them. Ferguson, Rover, victa mowers......

51 Pontiac

On the hood of my EQS EV

SkedAddled wrote in post #19470718
It's a stopper for air/fuel ratio. Common on lawnmower and other small engines when I was young.
It forced more fuel than air into the engine's intake for proper combustion.

The idea was that it could force more fuel into the engine's intake, making starting and warming up
of the engine easier. This was long before fuel injection and other methods which made starting gas
engines simpler, and was an everyday aspect of getting a gasoline engine running.
It relies on the suction of an engine's intake method to draw more fuel than air.

I maintained a choke on my 1977 MGB even after converting to an earlier Stromberg
2-carburetor system, which dated to the 1960s or before.
It was necessary even on warm days.

I've a 2 year old snow blower with a choke. It does make a difference until the engine is running well. Gasoline doesn't evaporate well in a cold engine, so there isn't enough vapor to light off. The additional gasoline still has droplets, but more vapor too. The droplets don't contribute to ignition.

OK, you guys know what a choke is on equipment that is not automotive. I grew up in an era when a choke was de rigueur on automobiles and actuated by a knob on the dash.

Lou

lowrider wrote in post #19471052
OK, you guys know what a choke is on equipment that is not automotive. I grew up in an era when a choke was de rigueur on automobiles and actuated by a knob on the dash.

Lou

Did you have the manually advance the spark when you accelerated too?

The plane I fly have a manual mixture control.

lowrider wrote in post #19471052
OK, you guys know what a choke is on equipment that is not automotive. I grew up in an era when a choke was de rigueur on automobiles and actuated by a knob on the dash.

Lou

My Rover 75 had a choke AND a crank handle

Rolls Royce

speedync wrote in post #18864915

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Excellent shot