| Head bolts and electric choke questions [message #140190] |
Sat, 20 August 2011 10:55  |
biggreen
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Installing my reman heads. Manual says dip head bolts in oil before install. Others say coat bottom inch or so of threads with sealer. Which is correct?
Secondly, got my carb and dist back from Springfield. Wow! Nice work. I went with an electric choke since I'm blocking the manifold exhaust ports. I realize I don't know exactly how to hook up an electric choke. Is it switched? Thanks
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| Re: Head bolts and electric choke questions [message #140193 is a reply to message #140190] |
Sat, 20 August 2011 11:21  |
C Boyd
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| biggreen wrote on Sat, 20 August 2011 11:55 |
Installing my reman heads. Manual says dip head bolts in oil before install. Others say coat bottom inch or so of threads with sealer. Which is correct?
Secondly, got my carb and dist back from Springfield. Wow! Nice work. I went with an electric choke since I'm blocking the manifold exhaust ports. I realize I don't know exactly how to hook up an electric choke. Is it switched? Thanks
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On the head bolts, Oiling the treads is standard and should be done except on bolts that go into water jackets and should be sealed. I don`t know how the Olds head is set up? Those that do hopefully will chime in.
On the elec choke, yes it is switched so the choke heater will cool of and apply choke when not in use. I might suggest using its own in-line fuse and hooking it to the Alternater output on the battery isolater. This way the choke only works when the engine is running and not just when the key is on when troubleshooting other issues requiring the key to be on.
C. Boyd
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East Tennessee
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| Re: [GMCnet] Head bolts and electric choke questions [message #140195 is a reply to message #140193] |
Sat, 20 August 2011 11:36 |
jimk
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It is better to uses a sealer as it will do the same thing as oil and
also keep oil fro, coming up.
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Charles Boyd <covered-wagon@comcast.net> wrote:
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> biggreen wrote on Sat, 20 August 2011 11:55
>> Installing my reman heads. Manual says dip head bolts in oil before install. Others say coat bottom inch or so of threads with sealer. Which is correct?
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>> Secondly, got my carb and dist back from Springfield. Wow! Nice work. I went with an electric choke since I'm blocking the manifold exhaust ports. I realize I don't know exactly how to hook up an electric choke. Is it switched? Thanks
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> On the head bolts, Oiling the treads is standard and should be done except on bolts that go into water jackets and should be sealed. I don`t know how the Olds head is set up? Those that do hopefully will chime in.
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> On the elec choke, yes it is switched so the choke heater will cool of and apply choke when not in use. I might suggest using its own in-line fuse and hooking it to the Alternater output on the battery isolater. This way the choke only works when the engine is running and not just when the key is on when troubleshooting other issues requiring the key to be on.
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| Re: Head bolts and electric choke questions [message #140297 is a reply to message #140193] |
Sun, 21 August 2011 04:10 |
Ken Burton
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I have my electric choke hooked to the same power source as the ignition. I though about the alternator but was afraid if the alternator ever quit I would be stuck with the choke closed and would not be able to drive it on the battery or on the Onan generator. I've never had my AutoZone 100 amp alternator quit so maybe I was worrying about nothing.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Head bolts and electric choke questions [message #140300 is a reply to message #140297] |
Sun, 21 August 2011 07:03 |
Ken Henderson
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Another potential problem with attaching the electric choke to the
alternator output is that if someone later adds a combiner, and blindly
moves the choke wire, one battery or the other will be drained by the choke.
Ken H.
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Ken Burton <n9cv@comcast.net> wrote:
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> I have my electric choke hooked to the same power source as the ignition.
> I though about the alternator but was afraid if the alternator ever quit I
> would be stuck with the choke closed and would not be able to drive it on
> the battery or on the Onan generator. I've never had my AutoZone 100 amp
> alternator quit so maybe I was worrying about nothing.
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