mikeyb Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Does anyone know the difference between early and late Mk2 PI choke cables?The book lists UKC 2121 up to MG75000 and 214888 for MG75000 on.Guess what . . . . . I have an early car with a briken choke cable . . . . and my long stored strategic spare is a late one! Doh!Are they interchangeable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 Hmmn, as usual with me, the plot thickens! ::)Just removed my broken earlier type cables from the car and compared side by side - the earlier one would appear to be identical apart from the length of the cable that goes to the inlet manifold (fast idle?) - on the early car about a foot shorter!So . . . . the next question is what's the difference between early and late manifolds/linkages and can I adapt get my spare late cables to fit? :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mj17 Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Making a cable shorter is normally easy - it's making them longer that is tricky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2420DH 2.5PI Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 yes you can use the later cable on a pre-mg 75000 engine (132bhp) BUT you will not be able to link up the cable to the throttle bodies/fast idle attachment due to the cable being shorter, however in my experience it never does a lot anyway all you need is a touch of throttle when you crank the motor over. the longer cable to the metering unit is the same length and that is the important one to have set properly ie choke fully out/metering unit excess fuel lever all the way across ensuring the cable doesn't foul the bulk head when the choke is fully in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 Yep I've come to the same conclusion, I never had the butterfly cable connected with the old cable anyway as the end was too butchered to go through the hole.I fitted the new (late) cable today - it worked a treat on the MU. WOuld be nice to get the fast idle sorted though, whilst it is not an issue in the current warm weather, it may well be next winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2420DH 2.5PI Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 i dont think you will have a problem , out of interest i run a left hand drive cable on mine ,even though listed under different part numbers they are the same !.....worth looking out for . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 I've got a single strand choke cable and no fast idle connection on mine, works fine just use a touch of throttle if neccessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted May 4, 2007 Author Share Posted May 4, 2007 Excellent! I'll leave the "wrong" cable on and see how I get on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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