The radio console is going to need to come out, which is fine because I need to pull the choke cable out too (the whole cable and housing is trying to move now, pretty sticky in there). Noticed it this morning when I drove her over for her new tires… if I pull the choke knob she chokes right up, but pushing it back in just moves the whole cable so the choke doesn’t open back up. Drove over idling at 40mph… lol

So, I went to O’Reilly and bought a universal choke kit for $10, pitched everything except the cable housing, and cut it to the proper length. Then I disconnected the cable at the choke (which moves fine by the way), pulled the cable out of the housing, removed the old cable housing all the way back to the dash, and replaced it with the new one. Pushed the old cable back through the housing (after greasing it up good), hooked it back up, and good as new.

The problem turned out to be that the housing was pulled off the mounting behind the dash… it was just sliding around with nothing to stop it from moving. The worst part was getting the old mounting point off behind the dash… because I got impatient and didn’t wait till this weekend when I was going to have the radio console off anyway, I had to assume the Lotus position and sneak an open end wrench up through to loosen the locknut from the back. Got it though after scraping my knuckles up pretty well. The new mounting is a lot smaller, but still fit fine in the dash opening, though I was ready to put a couple of washers in if needed.