Subject: Re: hating fuel valves
Author: dj-@dotis.com
Date: Aug 21, 2001, 8:30 AM
Post ID: 1707945362
On Tuesday 21 August 2001 10:47 am, you wrote:
| ============================================================ Enjoy your vacation more knowing that My Topica won't overstuff your inbox! When you come back, your email will, too. Refreshed. Relaxed. Ready to be read. Sign up for free email R&R. http://click.topica.com/caaabHTb1dfltb1mKaNa/register ============================================================ Dave, I had the same problem with my OEM petcocks as well. Where were yours leaking from? Where they screwed into the tank or at the lever? |
mine were leaking from the lever, on some and the worst, they would not fully
shut off the fuel flow, which leaves a trickle at all times which I don't
like. (the new "repro?" )units were the worst for this.
On one bike I used updated petcocks (for the later models) that I got from MI. They work great however the left side interferes with the carb. So I installed an old one on the left side. What I found was that the little gasket inside the tap gets hard and dry and fails to seal over time. New ones will work and what I did was to use a little bit of oil initially to be sure that there was no binding. So far so good. One person (can't remember who it was) suggested that if you are a "one side" only user you should open and close the unused petcock periodically to prevent it from drying out. I need to do this on my bike but will do it here at the house before going on a trip to be sure it doesn't start leaking. Of the few peeves I have with these bikes the fuel has been the biggest. I initially had to deal with leaky carbs, lines, gas cap, and petcocks. Quite a pain. Fortunately I seemed to have worked out the gremlins and all has been well. Now that I have said that I guess I have jinxed myself.....DAM! and the Adirondak Rally is coming up this weekend. Touch wood!!.....touch wood!! Pheeuw. I feel better now. Regards....Ian -----Original Message----- From: dj-@dotis.com <dj-@dotis.com> To: Loopfram-@topica.com <Loopfram-@topica.com> Date: August 21, 2001 9:28 AM Subject: hating fuel valves I just swapped the tanks on Norine, and used new fuel valves, because I wanted nice shinny ones, they leaked like crazy, there was no position I could put the levers that would shut off the fuel flow completely, I went through 2 sets of new ones and they all leaked, so I went to the parts bin and went through a pile of used ones and finally got a pair that didn't leak and looked decent. What a pain! Anyone had these issues with the new ones? I know we talked about new gaskets for fuel valves on the list before, anyone successfully fix thier's? Also my nice shinny gas cap didn't seal, I fixed that with a cork gasket. But Norine is ready to run now with a shinny tank. |