{"id":5316,"date":"2025-10-03T07:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=5316"},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:57:00","slug":"recap-choke-vacuum-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=5316","title":{"rendered":"Recap – choke vacuum break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Turns out my little bend in the vacuum break arm didn’t do the trick in the end. I actually neglected to adjust the choke break when I put the carb together – funny I should have missed that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The instructions in the shop manual require a special tool to set the choke brake. This is something I don’t have and so may have put off setting it up till later….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fortunately I have an old Peterson’s manual from the era and also the old carb from the ’82 Caprice. The manual instructions didn’t require any special tools and a careful inspection of the setup on the old carb gave me an idea of what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The only fuzzy area was the setting of the choke flap with vacuum put on the choke break. I don’t have the carb number so I couldn’t get the exact size for the opening at the front of the choke flap. Looking at the old carb and the numbers in the manual for all the Quadrajets I settled on 1\/8″<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the choke brake adjusted the actuating arm (now back to straight) clears all the linkage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the engine started the vacuum break opens the choke properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A few minutes later the electric choke allows the choke plate to move to the fully open position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next: Even though there may still be a few bugs to work out it’s time to start the work on the original 350.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turns out my little bend in the vacuum break arm didn’t do the trick in the end. I actually neglected to adjust the choke break when I put the carb together – funny I should have missed that. The instructions in the shop manual require a special tool to set the choke brake. This is … <\/p>\n

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