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auslizard
18th January 2019, 12:52 PM
I thought it was a manual choke first time I hopped in can anyone shed some light?147606
LRJim
18th January 2019, 12:53 PM
I thought it was a manual choke first time I hopped in can anyone shed some light?147606Is it a light so you can see where you are sticking your keys? Or is it actually a button?
Cheers Jim
Don 130
18th January 2019, 01:00 PM
On mine, it's the blanked off spot where a choke would be if it were fitted with a petrol engine.
I thought it would be a good spot for a hand throttle.........should I need one.
Don.
grey_ghost
18th January 2019, 01:11 PM
Hi All,

In answer to the question.... I asked the exact same question on REMLR when I bought my FFR and the answer was...

The choke cable is a throttle position lock. To operate, press the accelerator until you reach the revs you want, then pull the cable out and turn to lock.
p38arover
18th January 2019, 02:12 PM
The choke cable is a throttle position lock. To operate, press the accelerator until you reach the revs you want, then pull the cable out and turn to lock.

The choke on my old Hillman Hunter was the same
Konradical
18th January 2019, 05:50 PM
It's a hand throttle!

When you pull it out you can give it a twist and it will lock on until untwisted.

We used to use them as some sort of cruise control. Sometimes you could get a few more Kay's out of them, other times you were slightly slower than flat foot.

Either way it made convoys much nicer..
auslizard
19th January 2019, 01:57 PM
It's a hand throttle!

When you pull it out you can give it a twist and it will lock on until untwisted.

We used to use them as some sort of cruise control. Sometimes you could get a few more Kay's out of them, other times you were slightly slower than flat foot.

Either way it made convoys much nicer..

Cheers mate my buddy who is ex infantry thought that was what it would be used for but wasn't sure....now I know thanks.
Blknight.aus
19th January 2019, 06:51 PM
Cheers mate my buddy who is ex infantry thought that was what it would be used for but wasn't sure....now I know thanks.

its supposed to be used for high idling the vehicle for battery charging, warming up or winching.
auslizard
19th January 2019, 11:17 PM
its supposed to be used for high idling the vehicle for battery charging, warming up or winching.

Now I know the official and unofficial uses cheers mate.