Missing pieces of my carb

[ryoken]

well, yeah, the chokes flapping around... heck, it's Fla, wire the choke open and run it...

but being it does appear to be an adapter, i would eventually ditch it and throw a quadrabog on... easy to rebuild too, just watch out for ones with worn shaft bushings...

 

[Fordum]

I don't see the fast idle cam, but it sounds like it might be on there. Its a plate attached next to the throttle shaft on the same side as that choke rod.
When the choke is working, you push down on the throttle first thing, and the choke plate closes and the throttle is kept from going all the way back to idle by the fast idle cam moving over and holding it open.

As the choke warms up, the choke plate opens and as you work the throttle, the cam moves back and lets the throttle close more and more so the idle speed goes down.

In the meantime, until you figure out what to do, you can disable the whole choke system by tying that rod down and causing the choke butterfly in the top of the carb to stay wide open.
If the fast idle cam is there, tie it back too.
It will be hard starting first thing, and you will have to keep blipping the throttle to keep it going until it warms up, but will run good once it does.

In Orlando, I took the choke butterfly completely off several cars. Easy to do, three screws and its gone. Just make sure the throttle is completely closed when you do.
That way, when you drop one of those two small screws into the intake, they can't get past the throttle butterflys and you can fish it out easy.

But, you are a little too far north to run with no choke in the winter. Down in Orlando, they closed the schools if it got below about 50.........

 

[chulisohombre]

it looks to be missing a couple vaccuum lines as well.that will make it not run correct as well.any of those lil open tubes coming out of the carb need to be plugged or hooked to something.otherwise its getting too much air and will hardly run as well.you dont really need a choke in florida,but to make it correct,holly makes the electric choke kits that will fit right on that as others have said.the regular heat riser choke wont work with the aftermarket intake you have anyway.or go to a junkyard and pull one and slap it on there or steal the pieces you need off it.you can get a new carb for less than 300 and then you know its good if you got the cash.i bought mine for 220 from napa.but its a edelbrock and everyone will tell you its junk but i like it.runs good for me with the offroad kit installed i dont have any problem with it.

 

[pblaze725]

I don't think Edelbrock is junk.

But on the cheap-
I agree w/ the last few posts. In summary if it's warm enough just disable the choke entirely. Another option is go get a manual choke cable for cheap in the {HELP} section of the auto parts store and hook it up just in case you need it.
Hook up the vacuum line for sure. You can spray some carb cleaner around it while it idles, if the idle rises you still have a vacuum leak.