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Petcock rebuilding for dummies
Written by goldwingman40 on 11/3/2010 at 06:41 pm

Doug,
Someone nay have put a vent hose on it and ranit down to the bottom of the bike
trying to vent fumes they thought were from a leaking valve or to have any gas
leakage piped out under the bike insteat of up in the engine area.
Fred



--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "douglasvanb" <douglas.vanbossuyt@...> wrote:
>
> Any idea why it would look like there was a nipple on it in the past? The
bike is a 49 state model.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Douglas
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "goldwingman40" <goldwingman@> wrote:
> >
> > Doug,
> > Nothing should be over that outlet. It is vented to atmosphere to allow the
vacuum side to move and open the fuel side. It is also venting if the gas
diaphragm leaks it drips out that nipple.
> > Fred
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "douglasvanb" <douglas.vanbossuyt@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Last night I rebuilt the fuel petcock on my PC. Details of the procedure
are here for the curious:
http://www.douglasvanbossuyt.com/2010/11/03/rebuilding-the-fuel-petcock-on-a-hon\
da-pacific-coast/
> > >
> > > The one thing from the whole procedure that I have a question about:
should there be a vacuum plug/cover/nipple on the hose barb/nipple that comes
out from the diaphragm assembly (middle part of the petcock "sandwich")? The
photos on the webpage should provide some more detail of what I'm talking about.
> > >
> > > I searched through the manual and microfiche but didn't find anything to
prove one way or the other to me that there should be a vacuum plug on that hose
barb. Looking at the old one, to me it seems obvious that there was one that
disintegrated at some point in the past. What do all of you intelligent,
good-looking PCers think?
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > Douglas
> > >
> >
>

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