It should not run smoothly on full choke. You either have a vacuum leak or a problem with the carb, or the ignition timing (check the point gap) is way off.

A properly running 235 should start easily with slight choke and bog down quickly with full choke. Once it starts and runs for 30 or so seconds it should be able to idle with no choke at all.


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