Now that the OHV 6 engine has been rebuilt for my '63 Standard Wagon, I'm trying to put all the accessory bits back in place. I'm trying to figure out how the choke heater is supposed to be configured. What I'm looking at doesn't match anything in the '59-'64 parts catalog or shop manual.
On the top side of the exhaust manifold is steel plug with a deep hole down the middle, but closed at the bottom. The plug has a big hex head and is threaded for 1/4" male pipe thread. Around the sides of the hex, there is a small through hole in each flat leading to the large middle hole. A copper tube, with the end flattened and cut at an angle, was poked into the large middle hole. It looks like air for the choke heater is supposed to go through the little holes, down inside the plug and up through the copper tube to the choke. Is this a Studebaker part or something a previous owner adapted for the job?
When I took the engine apart, there were the remains of an old tube that went out through the bottom of the exhaust manifold, but they were rotted and twisted off. I got the short, dimpled steel pipe that is listed in the parts catalog for 63S cars, but it doesn't seem to fit any of this. It's shown on the left side of the parts. Of course, I carefully drilled out the remains of the old tube, so now I have a hole a little bigger than 1/4" in the bottom of the manifold. If I use the plug thingy on top, I guess I can just put a steel pipe plug in the bottom hole.
Anyone have this setup on their engine?
On the top side of the exhaust manifold is steel plug with a deep hole down the middle, but closed at the bottom. The plug has a big hex head and is threaded for 1/4" male pipe thread. Around the sides of the hex, there is a small through hole in each flat leading to the large middle hole. A copper tube, with the end flattened and cut at an angle, was poked into the large middle hole. It looks like air for the choke heater is supposed to go through the little holes, down inside the plug and up through the copper tube to the choke. Is this a Studebaker part or something a previous owner adapted for the job?
When I took the engine apart, there were the remains of an old tube that went out through the bottom of the exhaust manifold, but they were rotted and twisted off. I got the short, dimpled steel pipe that is listed in the parts catalog for 63S cars, but it doesn't seem to fit any of this. It's shown on the left side of the parts. Of course, I carefully drilled out the remains of the old tube, so now I have a hole a little bigger than 1/4" in the bottom of the manifold. If I use the plug thingy on top, I guess I can just put a steel pipe plug in the bottom hole.
Anyone have this setup on their engine?
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