Trying to find my thread on fuel taps...found this one here. Mine must be somewhere else
I've just fitted the non-vacuum taps from Mike's XS - part no. 20-0019 -
I got 2 petcocks, that come with the O-ring, filter sleeves for the fuel pick ups, a brass looking filter inside the petcock, 1 straight take off & 2 elbow take off fittings and 1 take off plug.
I also bought some spare filter sleeves & 4 vacuum spigot covers. The spigot covers look almost genuine, so you could get away with 2.
Cost was AU$147.10, delivered. (remember I got a few extra bits).
Ordered on 19th & delivered on 27th February.
You can see that I used 2 elbow fittings. The one on the right side fitted in so that the take off was vertical. I had to play around with the one on the left side and couldn't get one to tighten up in the vertical position.
Mike's XS v OEM. Fuel depth will be different. I expect I will get longer range from the main and less from the reserve. Empty will also have a higher fuel level than oem.
'Off' on the left tap is forward. The take offs can be fitted either side. The brass bolt is the block off.
The cap on No2 inlet is the Mike's XS part. I need to find 2 more retaining clamps. I always seem to have plenty of the wrong size!
Right side, 'off' is in the normal rear position.
They look good. Very obviously not oem but that's ok. The finish isn't up to oem standards, the casting isn't as good. But they work smoothly. They have a little bleed screw, at 7 o'clock on the face. For some reason, when I fitted them there was no fuel flow. Yes, I had half filled the tank and tried both on and reserve on both taps. I'm a dope, but not that much of one
I pulled the bleed screws to check that the taps were working with a positive result.
I pulled the fuel line of one tap and fuel flowed onto the gearbox, as anticipated. Connected it back up and fuel flowed through my in-line filter.
Stuffed if I know why.
Anyway, it started and idled for a bit. Responded to the throttle etc. I've not ridden it, as other issues were pressing. maybe tomorrow.
So, fingers crossed - no more leaking petcocks and worrying about fuel pushing past the needle & seat into the combustion chanber and/or crank case.
If I intend to park it for an extended period, I can even drain the float bowls.
Now that that is taken care of I can find some time to look at the carbs and see if I can get it to run properly on the idle circuit.
