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[Nookie]

Hi....just a thought, has anyone successfully fitted a warning light of sorts to the choke cable/mechanism.

I am the only one that will drive the car that can remember manual chokes and can envisage a lot 'choke' out journey's!! 

[KernowCooper]

You could use a cable and switch off a Triumph, they had a choke warning light and the switch just earthed out the negative cable to the bulb

[creakyjaws5533]

The a series metros have them reminds me all the time

[Alex_B]

It shouldnt be something you forget to be honest, on my car I usually find by the bottom of the road the engine running about 1500 rpm, and everytime I notice the rpm go up the choke goes in a bit and so I cant see you forgetting its out as any time you stop and the engine idles you will notice it running a lot faster than the 8/900 rpm it should be at 

[wile e coyote]

It shouldnt be something you forget to be honest, on my car I usually find by the bottom of the road the engine running about 1500 rpm, and everytime I notice the rpm go up the choke goes in a bit and so I cant see you forgetting its out as any time you stop and the engine idles you will notice it running a lot faster than the 8/900 rpm it should be at

Quite agree!!! It's in no way necessary - but if the OP wants one why not....... came across a mini a while back with an ex triumph "fasten seatbelts" light - was intruiged for a mo.... then realised it was a take off from the alternator warning.....bit shoddy but it worked

[Alex_B]

 

It shouldnt be something you forget to be honest, on my car I usually find by the bottom of the road the engine running about 1500 rpm, and everytime I notice the rpm go up the choke goes in a bit and so I cant see you forgetting its out as any time you stop and the engine idles you will notice it running a lot faster than the 8/900 rpm it should be at

Quite agree!!! It's in no way necessary - but if the OP wants one why not....... came across a mini a while back with an ex triumph "fasten seatbelts" light - was intruiged for a mo.... then realised it was a take off from the alternator warning.....bit shoddy but it worked

 

I am all for vintage OEM+ type of features like the fasten seatbelts lights, smiths did a round gauge type one 

But they tend to all be a bit gimmicky and pointless other than for aesthetics 

[Nookie]

Thanks for your replies, as I said (checks over shoulder!) its not for me

[Alex_B]

Thanks for your replies, as I said (checks over shoulder!) its not for me

Ahh the old "The choke is there to hang the handbag on" ? 

[ibrooks]

I've still got a choke cable from a MkI Astra in the random spares pile that has the switch on for a warning light - it was something I was going to fit but never got around to it in my Minis and the GTM doesn't have one.

 

Iain

[maccers]

My choke cable never bloomin stayed open on its own..had to hold it or jam with a clothes peg. I have s/c injection now but use the choke level to hang my CB radio handset on...!

[Jordie]

I use a locking type choke, never had to use a peg or had any issues.

[dklawson]

I recently helped a friend with the choke cable on his '78.  His choke cable would not twist-lock so he ordered a new one.  It wouldn't lock either and BOTH cables also failed when the knob spun on the cable from trying so hard to twist the choke to lock.  I repaired the knobs on both and modified the metal rods behind the knob so it really would twist-lock.  The early choke cables lock much better without modification.

 

Kernow, what Triumph had the choke light?  I'm just curious as I haven't seen one (yet).  

[KernowCooper]

Pretty much all of the cars from 70 on Doug 1300/1500/Dolomite/2000/2500Pi/Stag

 

here is the cluster from the centre of the dash

 

My dad was a Triumph man bless him

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Edited by KernowCooper, 07 March 2014 - 01:15 AM.

[dklawson]

Ah... that explains it.  The only one of those that made it to the U.S. in the 70s was the Stag.  The 2000 made it here only for a very, very short period (in the 1960s).  The block in my GT6 is actually from a 2000 with a few mods to fit.  I have a friend with a project 2000 Estate that's been in pieces for years... I never saw it on the road.  I have never seen choke lights on Spitfires, TR-6s, or TR-7s but that's not to say they weren't there on the later cars.

Edited by dklawson, 07 March 2014 - 01:44 AM.

[ibrooks]

I've got one of those clusters in my GTM. They were also fitted to Scimitars (SE6's anyway).

 

Predecessor of the Bright 6 module.

 

Iain