OK, so I know its been 10 months since I asked this question but things have been quite busy and I've driven the truck very little. Anyway, I've got the choke stove on. The kit had a clamp and a "cup" with a hole in the end that I clamped to the exhaust manifold. Aluminum line goes into hole where I assume the heat builds in the cup and is transferred to the choke plate. Seems I can't get the choke to work correctly. The '55 manual says "Rotate choke cover until choke valve barely closes when the air horn is wrapped lightly". Does "barely closes" mean when the valve begins to move from fully open position or just before it completely closes? I set the thing to where the valve was just fully closed. This thing is really running rich so I suspect either I don't have the stove set up correctly or I've adjusted the choke wrong. Any advice? I'll try and attach a pic. Thanks. http://s157.photobucket.com/user/jss1956/media/IMG_0797.jpg.html?o=0

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