Re: Electricaal issue ..41 Packard no current

Posted by TxGoat On 2023/5/16 7:20:15

Your car may have a manual throttle control. The earlier cars had one, controlled by a knob on the dash marked "T" rather than "C". The throttle cable would run from the dash knob through the firewall to a mechanism on the throttle linkage that allowed the manual throttle cable to hold the throttle open for a faster idle. On my car, '37 120, the cable leads to a widget on the throttle linkage mounted on the firewall on the passenger side. The automatic choke carburetors will also have an automatic fast idle device to prevent stalling after cold weather starts. The manual throttle is useful for warming up the engine in cold weather and for boosting the generator charge rate. You could use it for a "cruise control" but I would not recommend that. For most situations, the automatic choke and automatic fast idle system works very well.