Carb enrichment thingy, Howz it work Options

[Joe Ricard]

I was going through my boxes of parts again from the DAPO. Found these 40 IDF enrichment plates. Now these are cool. Whats it take to put them on and is it worth the hassle. My 44's are SOOOOO cold blooded.
Whats the rig up for a cable. Maybe some vent ducting actuator (push pull)cables.

Anybody ever use them???

[Reiche]

I hooked them up on my friend's 44 IDFs. It was a pain but worth it. Unfortunately it wasn't a particular elegant or well-engineered solution. My inspiration was the e-brake setup, since it also takes a single cable and splits it to two separate cables.

I used a some bicycle derailleur cables, housing and ferrules (I owned a bike shop at the time.) Inside the car I used a spare heater lever mounted on the top side of the center console. I snaked it behind the dash and out through a small hole the PO had drilled in the firewall (purpose unknown.)
Inside the engine compartment I had to split the cable so it could go to each carb. I did this by making a small "box" out of some thin steel bar plate that was stiff enough not to deform too much when the cable was pulled. This was screwed to the body. On the ends of the cable housing I used ferrules with "nipples" on them that sat in holes I drilled in the bar.
Inside the "box" I had the "in" cable pull on a small bar that the "out" cables were attached to. I had to buy some barrel-shaped cable-end stops to attach to the cut ends of the cables. Each "out" cable then was routed to a carb.
If you want I can attempt a pictorial representation.

Pulling the lever made cold starting MUCH easier.

With more fabrication skill I think something much more elegant could be easily made. All I used was a vise and a Makita drill.

[DJsRepS]

good job Mgiver

[Joe Ricard]

I was thinking of something very similar. There seems to be a difference in the carbs also 2 little jet looking things that get actuated by the cams in the enrichment box. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I will carefully see if they come out.

I also feel the need to rig these up to a DA light (dumb ass) so I remember to turn them off. That would be terrible to drive around washing cylinders with gas. Bet the gas milage would really suck then.

I thank you and my nieghbors thank you all. The car is pretty loud as it gasps for life early in the morning.

[Reiche]

I also feel the need to rig these up to a DA light (dumb ass) so I remember to turn them off.   That would be terrible to drive around washing cylinders with gas.  Bet the gas milage would really suck then.

That's a good idea. If you use a heater control lever like I did, you could run it right off the aux fan contacts.