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The Fuel Petcock Thing...
Written by goldwingman40 on 10/25/2010 at 06:14 pm

Douglas,
Glad to be of help.
Fred


--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "douglasvanb" <douglas.vanbossuyt@...> wrote:
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> Fred,
>
> Just placed the order over the phone with them. Didn't realize how much
easier it is to find your part numbers, call them to confirm, and place the
order right then and there as compared to the online routine where there might
be two or three rounds of email and a couple different shipments before it's all
sorted out. I do believe I'll be ordering exclusively over the phone when doing
business with ServiceHonda in the future. Thanks for the tip!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Douglas
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "goldwingman40" <goldwingman@> wrote:
> >
> > Douglas,
> > If you are ordering it mail order, not your local Honda dealer, I would call
Service Honda, !-800-828-5498, to make sure they haven't changed, updated, the
number, I always call when I order to make sure there are no problems or order
it at my local dealer.
> > Fred
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "douglasvanb" <douglas.vanbossuyt@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Fred,
> > >
> > > I was futzing around with the K&L rebuild it because I kept misplacing the
Honda part number. If I can manage to not lose this number before tomorrow, I
won't have that problem anymore :-)
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > Douglas
> > > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "goldwingman40" <goldwingman@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Douglas,
> > > > What exact part have you been trying to order?
> > > > Try Honda Part #16953-ME5 025, it lists about $34.
> > > > Fred
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > > --- 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'
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