David B2 Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 Good day just finished successfully refurbishing my poorly operating choke caused by frayed and kinked (stranded???) cable and worn operating rod. Many thanks to fabulous advice from threads on the forum particularly advice from RogerH. You’re a star. threads “TR4a Choke Cable: May 2015” and “Stiff Choke Cable: March 2018” Drilled out the crimps securing the old (stranded) cable to the brass rod. Purchased a length of 18 swg piano wire from a local model shop ( £1.00), crimped it in place using nail punches. Solid as a rock. Recut the teeth on the rod with needle file so that locking mechanism would operate again. Replaced and now the choke opens and closes fully and correctly. The threads even advised me how it was meant to be operated to lock and unlock. Never could work this out, I just jiggled the knob until it sometimes locked!! thanks Roger and all. Saved me a lot of pennies. David B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Hi David, I'm glad my ramblings have helped you. Rebuilding fiddly bits is time consuming but very satisfying. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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