Will the operating engine vacuum keep the choke open?

Scrubcadet10

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Just wow, I mean technically you rigged up something by #1 putting a hole in your gas tank 2. Your "switch" is resting on what is the bastard cousin of the coat rack. So, I'm curious to see it actually function while running, I would venture a guess that your "switch" will probably vibrate off it's perch and your going to have to pull it out wherever it lands by the dental floss (provided the dental floss nor the leaking gas has come into contact with a hot surface yet). I definitely can appreciate the creativity and relate to getting the wrong part and making it work if necessary but sometimes you guys take a step back, take a deep breath and a minute to reevaluate what your time and effort are personally valued at, sometimes we get tunnel vision with a plan or expected outcome and end up losing a lot of hours of our lives that would have been spent better on something else, or customers, or spending a lot more money than if would have if not so married to one idea and had changed strategies much sooner. Good luck, post a video of it running if you don't mind (and with the gas thank mostly full).
i mean, the correct carburetor is $10 on Amazon....
 

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I have the wrong carb that requires a manual switch to operate the choke for my push mower vs the bubble pump action of the mower so I figure I can just rig a makeshift switch but I wonder if it can be one way choke-closed and let vacuum open it. Got me?
I had to delete my original comment, as I mis-read "Got Milk!" It doesn't pay to get in a hurry! :)
 

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i mean, the correct carburetor is $10 on Amazon....
At my old age, I've been guilty of "work-arounds" in the past, but most of the time, the work-around came around and bit me on the "around"!
 
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