Cub Cadet 129 choke frozen

[CubCadet129]

Hi all, this is Kyle again, and a had a sort of stupid question. Recently, I left my cub outside in -12 degree Fahrenheit weather for a few hours, wanting to test its cold starting abilities, and when I came home the choke was frozen. Eventually I got it started, brought it inside, used wd40 to unfreeze the choke, ame it's been good ever since. I guess this issue is to be expected in -12 degree weather, but here is the interesting part. Yesterday night, it was about 5 to 15 degrees, and I was using it. The choke worked fine. Then, I pulled it in the garage as usual. Then, this morning at about ten degree weather (and even though it was in the garage, the garage ain't heated and it coulda gotten as low as prolly 0 or -5 overnight), I went to do a quick cold start and it froze again. It hasn't got water in since I lubed it and Its not rusty, and since I blasted it like three times with the wd40 I bet that all the water that could have been, but that I doubt was in it, was blasted out. Eventually, I pushed and pulled on it for a minute and got it to work and I'll be lubing it again this afternoon. If anyone has any other comments or other tips on how to fix or prevent this problem, please post below.
Thanks again,
Kyle

[olds45512]

You hardly even get the WD the whole way down the cable and with the coiled outside casing its pretty easy to get water in it. I bought a 6' chunk of shrink tube and did both my choke and throttle cables to prevent water from getting in.

[cub cadet 72 guy]

What I do is use a heat gun to warm the cable up and melt the ice to start it but it eventually freezes again

[Sam Mac]

I'd try some power blaster. Try to get some to go in the end with the knob and work it in and out a few times and repeat the process for a few days. Other that that go to the auto parts store and pick up a new cable.

[drglinski]

Throw away the WD40 and start using something like PB blaster or Kroil. Once I discovered that stuff I've never used another bottle of WD40 again.

[ol'George]

WD 40 is a water dispersant I would think it was a good thing in that application.

[DoubleO7]

Originally Posted by ol'George

WD 40 is a water dispersant I would think it was a good thing in that application.

unless it is the vinyl covered versus naked wire coil choke cable sheath.

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by ol'George

WD 40 is a water dispersant I would think it was a good thing in that application.

^^ What he said! That's what WD stands for.

For like $9 I'd just replace the cable. Probably just doing it because it's rusty. A nice new smooth cable won't freeze stuck so bad..... if at all.

[Cub Cadet 123]

Had the same problem with one of my 123's. Lots of options mentioned already....new one is probably your best option. I used PB Blaster in mine and sprayed plenty in there....worked it in, but the problem still persisted. Used heat to unfreeze mine, too, but that got old after a while. Replacement is your best option.

Cub Cadet 123

[CubCadet129]

Ok, thanks, I also have pb blaster but didn't use it yet on the cable and yes it is the bare metal sheathed cable. I will probably follow your suggestions and replace the cable if the problem persists.
Thanks
Kyle