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Hi all, looking for a little help. I recently became the owner of a 1930 chevy 3 window coupe. It's currently not running. It has a six-cylinder which I assume is a 216. The carburetor (RJH-08) is heavily leaking fuel. I'm going to rebuild it. My question is the choke lever is completely stuck. At least I think it's the chock lever. It has a cotter pin just to the left of the lever. I ordered a rebuild kit from the filling station. I posted a pic of the car and carb. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Actually the original engine is a 194 cu. in. six. The fact that the choke is frozen presents a problem for a personal rebuild. I have rebuilt several hundred of those carburetors. My recommendation is to try to loosen the choke by a multitude of short applications of a good penetrating oil. Very light tapping on the choke arm (yes very light!) occasionally might help. You can try to carefully rotate the choke ball with some needle nose pliers but just understand that the standpipe is fairly fragile. If it is broken then a rebuild gets much more expensive. It takes several special tools to remove all the parts and clean it thoroughly. Good luck. If you want it rebuilt get back to me ether by PM or email.

Hi Chipper. I don't want to screw this carb up so I might be interested in having it done. I'm not sure I know how to PM. Will give it a try.

Chipper I sent you an email. Thanks again.

Kevin,
I sent you a PM. Look for the flashing envelope in the upper right corner of the page. Click on it to see the message. I'll look for your email.

Chipper is the man, Done 2 of them for me to date, I have no complaints, great work...
put it in a box, ship it out, wait (typically a short one depending on work load), get package back, open up package, bolt on, connect, run :)

Thanks, that's just what I'm going to do.