You got me a bit confused. So, you want to put a hot-air choke carburetor on your 1961 manual start motor—is that correct? It is possible, but some other stuff would have to be changed also. The inner and outer exhaust covers, the hot air heat exchanger and tube, and the intake manifold come to immediate mind. You would also have to add wiring for the electric choke booster. After all that, the fuel pump has to be changed for one that goes on the other side. Plus ??? other details.
If you are just wanting to get a simple carburetor that you can choke remotely (electric), look for one of the 40hp Gale models.
Another option would be just stay with your 1961 manual choke carb. Most people have to operate that hot water choke manually anyway. But, yes, a few hot water chokes actually do work.
To install a hot-water choke on a manual start motor, you will have to add the plumbing and change the intake manifold.
Performance won’t change if you stay with a 40hp carb. Now if you want to go with a 35, 33, 28 carb, or anything such as those, that could be a different story.
Yep, it can get confusing.
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