"What the owner calls it a choke it is really not . What he was pulling and turning on is to adjust the idle speed of the Diesel Engine. Some of the early models before 1976 had a pre glow system on the dash and a little eye on the dash if it looked like the tip of a burning cigarette the engine was ready and you pulled the switch all the way out to start. On his model he probably had a push button on the dash to start the engine after he waited for the "Rudolf Diesel Minute" to go by. That…"
