Napkin4aroof

im on it. ill take some pictures and update tonight. thanks for the patience everyone

so i cut the red wire on the green line. strip the wire, then where do i cut the blue wire? the blue line or the pink line? you are gonna have to explain this to me like im 5 sorry to say ha

so did some recon. i believe the choke is jammed. here it is closed: Here it is open so i guess thats where i should start. also when i reroute the electric from the choke to the idle cut solenoid, am i supposed to splice the wires? here is what i am working with when i go to reroute the wire, from my understanding, i take the bottom end of the blue wire and connect it to the right hand side of the red wire? i also checked out the alternator and it seems like mine is pretty new. i also could not find the red light that indicates the alternators status. i was looking under the glove box on the passangers side... i might have misinterpretid mike's instructions. but here is a picture of the alternator from the passanger side front wheel. like i said it seems to be pretty new. going to try to do some more work tomorrow

wow thank you so much! when i was diagnosing the problem with my mechanic, he applied power to the choke and it still did not work. so even if i found an alternative power source for the choke i do not believe that it would work... please correct me if i am wrong. I will definatly check the alternator to see if that is giving me any trouble. that atleast is a cheaper part than a carburetor ha im making the trip out to where she is parked now to check on those couple things. ill give an update tonight. thank you thank you mike

Hey there! not sure if this is a dumb question or not but.... I just purchased a 83 720. she will no longer idle, turns out the electric choke is dead. cannot seem to find the electric choke part on the internet or in town (junk yards included). So i am looking at replacing the carb. is this a hard thing to swap out? should i just try to rebuild the carb instead? backround info, I am not a mechanic. very little to no experience working on cars. can do the oil and swap a fuel filter but thats the extent ha. thanks for the help!