still stumbling in the cold

[alloro]

No, the stalling and hesitation is due to your choke, the surging and squealing is due to your alternator or it's belt. Two different and unrelated problems here. Although the stalling issue could've caused the alternator issue because of the constant recharging needed for the battery.

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[rod_tremblay]

so I had the van out yesterday and it was 10 degrees celsius....warm.... started right up with minimal cranking and seems to be working ok, but still a little of that hesitation when i pull away from stop and a tiny bit of sputtering too....is this still my choke or am i maybe looking at a malfunctioning fuel pump? I checked my pcv valve=ok and sprayed a bunch of carb cleaner on the choke plate so maybe thats why its working better. Still seems like a fuel issue to me but running great now once its warm aside from the hesitation
any ideas? cheers

[alloro]

It's still a choke problem.

[IGadget]

I cheated on my 83 van and put in a manual choke cable, just need to remember to open it back up once it warms up. Close to start open to run. There is something on the right side of the carb that is supposed to be some sort of vacume controll but Ive never seen it work, know what it is called, or even found documentaton to test it.