Greetings.
(Probably a dumb question.)
What is the correct way to lube a choke cable on my 58 Duett? It's just a single cable in a metal type sheath.
It's a struggle to use and I don't want to break the choke knob off, which I'm sure I will end up doing.
Thanks for any help,
Sam

Sam;

For all control cables...from heater, to choke, to hood release, I prefer to use graphite containing Anti-Seize thinned out with Tri-Flow...I install a cable lubing adapter from motor cycle field (maybe that's what other posters mean under "pressure luber", which is a metal clamp that has a rubber inner section which allows a snoozle to be directly adapted to the cable end with a somewhat sealed connection), and squirt the mix from a little squeeze bottle into a raised end of cable until it comes out the other end (catch mess in a rag, or work with a helper)...after volatiles of Tri-Flow evaporate they leave the graphite...and that's forever! That's why this procedure really needs to only be performed once per cable...

Cheers

I like to remove the cable, housing and all. Pull the wire out and clean it of all the old gook. Then as you reinsert it, run it through some "Never Seize". Seems to keep out the moisture that rusts up the cable. Works for me.

Thanks for the replies guys.
I took a really good look at it like I should have before I bothered anybody.
The sleeve or sheath for the cable is made of tightly coiled heavy gauge metal wire. (best way I can think to describe it) Meaning it's not entirely sealed up like I would have thought it was.
So I just sprayed the sleeve with spray lube and let it seep in and it seemed to do the trick nicely. I'll just hit it with spray lube every few months.
Thanks for the help.
Sam

I don't know where you live but if it gets really REALLY cold so that you really REALLY
need to use the choke, you should not use heavy oil or any kind of oil that thickens
with time. I always used the same oil that I used in the engine. I had to oil the cable
more often but at least it moved easily even in the coldest (sometimes below zero °F.)
Things may be different now - I traded off my last PV for my first Amazon about the end
of 1970. But 122s have the same choke cable issues. So do early 164s (which I still have).
They also have cable-operated hood latches, unlike PVs. Same concerns apply.
--
George Downs, Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!

I used a "pressure lubricator" on my choke cable. These can be found at most good motorcycle shops. They have a flexible tube that clamps around the housing on one end and some sort of fitting on the other (some are aerosol types now).
On a cable like the choke cable on a B16b you could also get a fuel line or other type of flexible tubing with an ID close to the OD of the housing, fix it to the cable housing and hang the end of the cable/tubing up higher than the choke knob in the car. Then just put some lube (I use 50W motorcycle oil) in the flex tube and let gravity do the work. This can take a while, but pushing the choke knob in and out once in a while speeds things up!

Cheers!
OK

I use motorcycle chain lube with the pressure luber.