please help?

[marshall]

hi i have a 1982 mini 1000cc it will only start on the choke
then push it in bit by bit as you are driving is there any way
i can buy or do to so i can just start just with the key????...

 

[HolyCount]

hi i have a 1982 mini 1000cc it will only start on the choke
then push it in bit by bit as you are driving is there any way
i can buy or do to so i can just start just with the key????...

Old cars -- don't you just love 'em ?  That's how the old mini was --- anything below a scorching hot day and you needed choke to get them going.  Back in the day when I had a mini as a daily runner there were auto choke conversions around --- I am sure one of the mini mad guys (Max ?) can advise.

 

[biddleboy]

well all i did with my freestyle was run it a bit rich and i didnt need the choke then and it still done 45/50 to the galon

 

[Mini Mad Max]

Every carburated classic needs to be started with the choke, unless it has just been running. If you don't want the hassle of the choke, get an injection engine.
Max

 

[marshall]

thanks guys for info. i dont mind running the car with the choke
i just was thing is there was any way round it that was all thanks
again ....................

 

[Mini Mad Max]

Minis are just stubborn but i love them anyway! ;D

 

[marshall]

i did have a mini in 1992 it was a (1972) K reg. black with white mini copper look-a-like
with a autobox. and it was the best car i have ever had.  I have love mini's from a early
age....

 

[Phaeton]

I have love mini's from a early
age....

Luckily there is now a cure, buy a Japanese car  ;D

Alan..

 

[jason_l]

I have love mini's from a early
age....

Luckily there is now a cure, buy a Japanese car  ;D

Alan..

What he said  ;D

 

[collie]

My brother used to have a Fiesta with an "Auto-choke". It was a bimetallic strip of some sort that closed the choke as the coolent warmed up.

To be honest, it was a bit rubbish and the car kept cutting out due to it over-choking.  :

We replaced it with a manual choke... 

 

[Asbo]

have to agree with alan re buying a jap car if you dont want to use yer choke!

now that its turnin colder,you'll deffo need to use it. is there summit wrong re the reason you dont want to use it?

also,nice kit in your profile pic,yours?wot is it?

 

[marshall]

the yellow car was mine yes it is a tiger Avon i built it myself from a kit
but sold it to a guy that came from germany to pick it up is was running
on a 2.0l pinto engine. as for the mini it is taken off the road for some
improvement's to the car.the choke is not a prob just asking if there was a
product on the market to over come this that all .........