[Grumpy old man]

Originally Posted by StingRay

I've swapped every vehicle back to automatic choke I've ever had that had been converted to manual. With a decent carb and an adjusted choke it has always been the better functioning system. I have a divorced on my 69 one ton now but I rebuilt a carb I had that is a late 70's electric heated choke Q-Jet. I ran it on my daily driver 72 GMC for years without a hiccup. Ran it in -40 to +40 C. Started every day.

An auto choke in hard starting conditions takes away the ability to open it if the truck starts to flood , I remember more than once of having to get out and open the hood - pull the air cleaner and hold open the butterfly to get it to start after flooding from a closed auto choke condition . Simplicity works .