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When I got this XJ1100 the right petcock was missing the tips or nipples to attach the fuel lines to. Is ther any way to repair this or do I need to buy another set? (Or at least the right side.)
Ty
78 XS1100E - Now in Minnesota
80 XS1100LG - The Punisher
82 XJ1100 - Current project - The Twins
82 XJ1100 - Wife's Bike - The Twins
82 XJ1100 - Daughter's Bike
72 Suzuki TS125 - Daughter's Bike
72 Yamaha Mini JT2 - Youngest Daughter's bike (She wants a bigger one now)
78 XS1100E - Now in Minnesota
80 XS1100LG - The Punisher
82 XJ1100 - Current project - The Twins
82 XJ1100 - Wife's Bike - The Twins
82 XJ1100 - Daughter's Bike
72 Suzuki TS125 - Daughter's Bike
72 Yamaha Mini JT2 - Youngest Daughter's bike (She wants a bigger one now)
Correction! I must have been having a Freudian
moment about boobs. I meant "brake bleeder nipples." Maybe you can drill and thread holes in the petcock piece for that?
Skids (Sid Hansen)
Down to one 1978 E. Stock air box with K&N filter, 81H pipes and carbs, 8500 feet elevation.
I would just look for another on fleabay if I was you. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...fuel&_osacat=0
or maybe another member has the parts. Those brass nipples are just pressed in. I'm running short here.
Make sure you get the correct one.
Greg
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.
Sometimes mine come out when removing a particularly stuck-on fuel line for carb removal. I just tap them back up in with the wooden handle of a hammer. I suppose you could disassemble it and sweat them in with some solder, but it's really no big deal to tap them back in and they don't leak.
I just looked at the parts listing and it doesn't give a part number for just those brass nipples.
Something you COULD do, if you no longer have the fuel octy on there, is carefully remove the front nipple from your other one and place it into the rear spot of the other petcock. You can either plug up the hole to the front one.. or just never switch the petcock to prime, as this would run fuel out the front hole.
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Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still own
Only thing is, he's missing the brass tips altogether.
Greg
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.
Only thing is, he's missing the brass tips altogether.
Tod is saying to take the nipple from the prime post of the other petcock and put It In the place of the on/reserve nipple on the other petcock and the plug the prime ports on both petcocks.
Nathan
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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.
Here's what I did. My wife wanted to go to Home Depot for some shelving brackets(pantry shelf fell off the wall this morning ). So while we were there I checked out the plumbing department to see if they had brass fittings. I figured it wouldn't hurt.
Found diferent sizes of these,
Bought a few different sizes so that I didn't have to go back to HD today. Found that the one tha fit the closest was the 1/4 barb
Put it in the vise and cut the middle stop out.
Had to file the barb that would fit into the petcock some then sodered it(not sure if i did a good job on that)
Now to test it to see if it leaks. If this does not work I will be looking on EBay for the right side.
Ty
78 XS1100E - Now in Minnesota
80 XS1100LG - The Punisher
82 XJ1100 - Current project - The Twins
82 XJ1100 - Wife's Bike - The Twins
82 XJ1100 - Daughter's Bike
72 Suzuki TS125 - Daughter's Bike
72 Yamaha Mini JT2 - Youngest Daughter's bike (She wants a bigger one now)
I doubt that you can solder them to the die cast metal used for the casting. The originals were likely pressed in. If you get something that fits right a tight a wipe of JB weld before pressing back in would work. We use that in a similar application on Ford tractors pressing the steel oil fill tube back into the cast iron block.
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