Adjusting a Sisson automatic choke on a 1948 Dodge D-24

[fmfarrisjr]

I just purchased a 1948 Dodge D-24. The car has 30,030 original miles on the odometer. It appears that the Sisson automatic choke is not opening the carburetor butterfly valve as it should. Consequently the car is burning too rich -- plugs are black as coal. Can someone suggest how this problem could be corrected? 

[TodFitch]

Factory service manual reprints are available and will cover the procedure for checking and adjusting the choke.

[Don Coatney]

Great looking car. As Tod said best bet is getting a service manual. The choke on my D-24 has been converted to a cable operation. The caption below your picture says your car is a Town Sedan. In reality it is not a Town Sedan. The Town Sedan does not have suicide back doors.

 

 

[Frank Elder]

First thing to look for is the black wire from the starter to the choke...is it there, is it broken, is it frayed or corroded?