HS8 AED removal?

[alan-87]

Im in the process of rebuilding my HS8 carbs and wondered if anyone had any info on removing / bypassing the AED?

The carbs are on a 4.2xk engine which the previous owner has put a manual choke control onto the top half of the aed in place of the metal strip. Im not convinced it works overly well, so looking at removing the whole lot. Cold starts wont be an issue as its anweekend car and only used if the sun is shining.

Would also be interested in any info on manual choke conversion.

[alan-87]

Thats interesting ill have to have a look. Does it still run the aed or is that removed?

[alan-87]

Jaguar steve said:

There was a manual choke kit to convert the AED to manual operation available. It replaced part of the AED unit and operated the cold mixture enrichment by replacing the bi metalic strip controlling the cold and warm up mixture and aux air bleed with a couple of manually operated cams running off a normal choke cable. I fitted one to my first XJ. Carefully set up it worked well.

This is exactly what i have currently. The lobes on the cams have become warn and it doesnt operate very well. Ideally id just like to lose the whole lot.

[alan-87]

Thanks Rich. Appreciate the extra info over on RR. Im going to have a proper look over the article tonight and see what is needed to convert it. At a quick glance i couldnt work out where the new parts linked to on the carbs