MGC Choke

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xyyman

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1,076 posts

231 months

Saturday 20th July 2013
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A bit of help needed here please. I have an MGC fitted with triple Dellorto carbs. The choke cable has snapped and am having difficulty sourcing a new one. Have Googled and made other enquiries without success so far, any ideas would be most gratefully received.

chormy

635 posts

202 months

Saturday 20th July 2013
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Hi

Have you tried MGMotorsport they may have something or SC classics
String bears to mind lol! best of luck.

wildoliver

8,958 posts

222 months

Sunday 21st July 2013
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Take the old cable off and measure it.

Chances are it's a standard C choke cable, if not depending on length all the choke cables are interchangeable with just length and handle differences. Sadly unlike accelerator cables you can't make a new inner for them which means your stuck with the somewhat lackluster new parts available, like most new bits they are made in either china or india and to be honest are rubbish, but if your gentle and don't use the car as a daily they should be fine.

I tend to buy up decent condition used and old stock ones when I see them.

But my bet is a B or C one will fit.

In fairness on a set of webers they shouldn't really need a choke anyway, all my Dcoe equipped engines have just need a few pumps of the throttle to start and put up with a couple of minutes of rough running in everything but sub zero temps.

Edited by wildoliver on Sunday 21st July 11:33