petcock screens missing

[thumperjsa]

Very interesting how partsandmore is adding more xs parts. This petcock is not vacuum actuated though as it is on the xs g. It has on/off/reserve. Plus you would need the adapter plate as well.

Also, from the looks, the screen is round and not oval like the original.

[CMA1]

I removed the OE petcocks and Octopus and installed Pingel valves with the adaptor plates.... it works real well.
I also used in-line filters and aside from remembering to shut off both petcocks when I shut down, there isn't a problem. (I haven't had any troubles the few times I forgot to shut off the petcocks either) . You have to open the holes in the tank where the old towers went into the tank, to allow room for the 3/8ths NPT thread to pass into the tank.
- Larry

PS.... if you go this route don't use the pingel gaskets ... they are crap!

[grifff]

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Yeah screen on partnmore doesnt fit G model. Bike bandit has one and merriam has emm. They want 25 a piece. I'm gonna stub pipes up 1/2 inch up from petcock to keep the crud out and go with inline filters. We will see how it works. And have no reserve, no big deal.

[fredintoon]

big deal?

Griff sez:-
"I'm gonna stub pipes up 1/2 inch up from petcock to keep the crud out and go with inline filters. We will see how it works. And have no reserve, no big deal."
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Hi Griff,
no reserve is no big deal until the reserve idiot light quits and because you also forgot to zero the trip odometer last fill-up you end up pushing ~600lbs of scrap-iron to the nearest gas pump.
If you really don't want to ante-up for the proper gas screens think about a long & a short stub pipe in each petcock plus soldering up a gauze screen to go around 'em.
Fred Hill, S'toon.

[Midnite]

I ordered a set of new tank filters (net filters) at BikeBandit for my 1980 1100 LG, they where $10.48 each. Kinda pricy, but it was the only place I could find them.