Originally posted by carolines truck:
just to be clear about this wiring::
run the black ground wire of the choke assy to the pressure switch (normally open post) and the red to a fused power source, 5-10 amps.
thanks for that bit of valuable knowledge gents
now that i ponder that it makes sense.
update 5/23/06 the edelbrock web site instruction says:
''do not wire to coil or alternator''
ya just have to love this forum
NO. The black wire is a ground. Nail it to the engine block or intake manifold. The hot wiring sequence is as follows: You should have installed the 3 pronged oil light sending switch into the side of the engine. One terminal will be the common, or hot from the ignition switch, when the key is on. Another will go to the OIL idiot light and with the key on and engine not running the oil light will be lit. From the remaining terminal on the sender switch run a 16 gauge wire directly to the hot terminal on the Edelbrock choke. There should be no power on it with the key on until you start the engine and the oil pressure builds up to close it thus energising the choke heater coil. If this does not energise when the engine starts then you have to swap the 2 wires for the oil light and hot from the key that were already there with each other because you are feeding the wrong side of the normally closed part of the switch and not the common side.
It is easier than it sounds.
And do as the Edelbrock directions say. Don't run it off the HEI or the alternator.
