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The Fuel Petcock Thing...
Written by goldwingman40 on 10/24/2010 at 12:06 am

Douglas,
What exact part have you been trying to order?
Try Honda Part #16953-ME5 025, it lists about $34.
Fred



--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "douglasvanb" <douglas.vanbossuyt@...> wrote:
>
> I know I'm a little late tho this thread's party but...
>
> That is exactly the symptoms I've been having on my "TARDIS" since last
winter! I've tried several times to order the petcock rebuild kit without
success (out of stock blah blah blah). If I can't get the rebuild kit in the
next few weeks I think I might finally give in and put on a brass T.
>
> Thanks for making me seem slightly less insane!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Douglas
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Gib" <gibinmich@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Dave. Its nice to know that there are other symptoms other than the
stink. I've repaired one petcock and the next time it leaked I went with the
tee. The next bike got a tee even though it wasn't leaking, and the present bike
still has the original petcock and will get a shiny brass T the next time the
bike is tore down. I'm not going to wait for it to leak. If Tim is reading this,
your bike has a T. If you want the original petcock just say so.
> >
> > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "dave_hiett" <dehiett@> wrote:
> > >
> > > OK I've been reading all these posts about changing out the mysterious
fuel petcock the last several years. Most seem to develop a fuel leak of some
kind that triggers the need to do this. My reason is a little different.
> > >
> > > On the way to the finger lakes tour in NY, Happy Dog suddenly quit on a
long uphill pull coming out of the Hudson River valley going up into the
Adirondacks. One cylinder, then the other. Like my old BMW R-75 when it went on
reserve. I pulled over, waited a few minutes, then she fired right up. But then
a couple of more times that day, and then a dozen times later in the trip
(though thankfully not on the tour itself) she did the same thing. Fuel filter?
Bad gas? Kill switch issue? And as I returned to Missouri, she started running
really rough at idle and MPG sank like a rock from mid 50's to low 30's.
Something was up. The Dog's tail was not wagging, she was not happy.
> > >
> > > I gave the dog a little rest and rode mostly the GL1500, finally taking
her in this week to the vet (my trusty mechanic). It was the fuel petcock. The
diaphram inside had actually torn, and gas was being drawn by the vacuum hose
into the rear cylinder, fouling the plugs. Explained a lot.
> > >
> > > Needless to say, I now have the brass T and Happy Dog is back wagging her
tail.
> > >
> > > Now there was something good that came of this story. While my PC was
mostly parked, the big old GL1500 (Lucy) became my 'errand bike' and I became
much more confident and competent at handling her in tight situations and
traffic. When I finally got it back today, the PC felt light as a bicycle.
> > >
> > > And that's my story. Wish I'd done the 'T' preemptively a long time ago.
> > >
> > > Dave Hiett '90 PC800 'Happy Dog' '94 GL1500 'Lucy'
> > >
> >
>