Anyone know what this is???
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mdrburchette
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- Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:49 am
- Your car is a: 1972 Fiat 124 Sport
- Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Re: Anyone know what this is???
It's a throttle knob. I use it frequently when my car is warming up and it doesn't want to idle.
1972 124 Spider (Don)
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
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GeorgeT
- Posts: 379
- Joined: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:41 pm
- Your car is a: 1982 Fiat 124 Spider
Re: Anyone know what this is???
Exactly; I believe that once you pull it out you have to twist it clockwise to get it to stay in position. That feature was discontinued but I'm not sure when.mdrburchette wrote:It's a throttle knob. I use it frequently when my car is warming up and it doesn't want to idle.
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agarair
Happy New Year:Re: Anyone know what this is???
My 71 has the one on the right also. When I bought the car new in 71, the dealer told me it was so you could start the car using the choke on the left, and after about 30 seconds push the choke in to get rid of the rich mixture, and pull this control out slightly to keep the rpms up at around 1500 to 1800 to warm the car up. If you pushed the choke in without doing this while it was still cold, the engine would stop. It worked fine for about five years, and now mine also just slides back in when I pull it out and release. But alas, the new Weber DFEV with electric choke took care of that problem!
Happy New Year to all! Toby sends.
Happy New Year to all! Toby sends.