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Choke light 200 1983

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posted by  Volvo Lovin' on  Fri Feb 13 13:36 CST 2004
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Hey everyone
My idiot light for my choke isn't lighting up. When i got the car, it didn't work, then for like 3 weeks last year it worked, and hasn't worked since. Where abouts is the contact for this? I'm assuming just some corrosion somewhere? What should i clean?








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    Choke light 200 1983

    posted by  Trev29 on  Sat Feb 14 00:46 CST 2004
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    The switch contact rubs against the top of the choke pull handle. When mine didn't work it turned out to be the bulb. But in your case it might be the switch. I haven't looked at it carefully.

    Love those SU's.
    --
    1980 245 Canadian B21A with SU carb and M46 trans








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    Choke light 200 1983

    posted by  porkface on  Fri Feb 13 14:24 CST 2004
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    is the car injected or does is have a carb? only carbs need a choke light. good luck, chuck.








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      Choke light 200 1983

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      posted by  Volvo Lovin' on  Fri Feb 13 14:40 CST 2004
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      Ya, it's carb.
      That's why it worked last year, but it doesn't anymore. Any ideas?








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        Choke light 200 1983

        posted by  porkface on  Fri Feb 13 15:47 CST 2004
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        if the bulb burned out, that's it. we don't get carbs in the us, sorry. all volvos have that in the cluster and people have asked before why it doesn't work in their injected car. that's easy, it's not supposed to. good luck, chuck.








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          Choke light 200 1983

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          posted by  Volvo Lovin' on  Fri Feb 13 16:00 CST 2004
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          Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? No carbs? Isn't that like, the Atkins diet or something? do they figure us canucks don't deserve FI in our DL's?!? Or maybe we're the only ones smart enough to keep an SU going ;)
          Well at least OUR DL's have the nicer GL tail-lights. So i'm assuming you americans don't know where the switch that turns that light on is then? I'm pretty sure the bulb is still good, as it was intermittant for a few weeks then stopped.
          Any help is still appreciated.
          (Sorry if i offended anyone, i have nothing against you yankees ;)








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            Choke light 200 1983

            posted by  Jim Holst on  Sat Feb 14 04:51 CST 2004
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            I think the US went to FI earlier than you did because of fuel mileage standards and pollution requirements. The last carbed car I owned which tried to meet these standards was an '83 Plymouth Reliant. My daughter had one of the last pre-FI Hondas, an '85 accord. It had a 3-barrel carb, a complex CVCC head, and about 40 miles of vacuum hosing under the hood connecting about 36.5 sensors and valves. What a nightmare to figure out!

            P.S. My '76 Dodge pick-up is carbed.








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              Choke light 200 1983

              posted by  Trev29 on  Sat Feb 14 10:53 CST 2004
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              I'm pretty sure Holley's and Weber's were around in the U.S. after Volvo discontinued carbs in Canada for '85.

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              1980 245 Canadian B21A with SU carb and M46 trans








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                Choke light 200 1983

                posted by  someone claiming to be bosozoku on  Sat Feb 14 11:46 CST 2004 [RELATED]

                Our '87 Oldsmobile Customcruiser wagon had a carb. It also had
                an oxygen sensor and computer that varied something (maybe bypass
                airflow around the carb.) in order to make the mixture correct for
                the catalytic converter. The dash even had a "check engine" light.
                .
                Horrible car, that. The engine cracked a head at 70,000 miles, was
                "repaired," and threw a rod less than 10,000 mi later. The car
                didn't have a temperature gauge, only an idiot light... Surprisingly,
                our '92 Caprice wagon - essentially the same car with a more
                aerodynamic body - lasted 190,000 miles, after which somebody
                stole it. AFAIK, it's still running today with 200,000+ miles on
                it.
                .
                -b.








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            Choke light 200 1983

            posted by  porkface on  Sat Feb 14 00:37 CST 2004
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            yup, kinda like radio; all injection, all the time, since 1973. you are further north, but, when it comes to carbs on 240s, i'm in the dark here in fla. good luck, chuck.







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