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Hey everyone! I am installing an electric choke on my carb and know very little about electrical. The manual that came with the choke says to connect the wire from choke to the yellow/black wire going to the wiper motor. As seen in the picture, there is a yellow and a black wire. Does this mean I can use either one? It needs to be connected to the ignition so it turns on with the truck
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What carb are you using?

The choke power wire can be the one that went to the original choke coil. If that wiring is gone or in bad shape, run a wire from a fused ignition terminal in the fuse box (there's usually an extra) and to the new choke.

You can leave the wiper harness alone, there's no reason to tamper with that.
 
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Shouldn’t there already be a wire that comes from the oil pressure sending unit? Unless it’s gone for some reason.

I only know because when I got my truck, the wiring was a disaster. Apparently the choke gets power after oil pressure is sensed, then receives power.
 
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bucket said:
What carb are you using?

The choke power wire can be the one that went to the original choke coil. If that wiring is gone or in bad shape, run a wire from a fused ignition terminal in the fuse box (there's usually an extra) and to the new choke.

You can leave the wiper harness alone, there's no reason to tamper with that.
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1977 Rochester 2gc with an automatic heat tube choke originally
 
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Truck82 said:
1977 Rochester 2gc with an automatic heat tube choke originally
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Yeah, I'd just run a dedicated choke wire from one of the extra ignition power terminals in the fuse box.
 
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bucket said:
Yeah, I'd just run a dedicated choke wire from one of the extra ignition power terminals in the fuse box.
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Ok. It seems like the cleanest way to do it too
 
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