Has anyone mentioned Pingel yet?



Standard fitment on all my bikes, I tend to swap the originals for Pingel's before they stop working...

 

Nope you are the first.....

 

 

I've got a '98 FXD. Is the stock petcock on mine a 'vacuum'? Doesn't bypassing the VOES screw with the timing or something like that?

 

If it's automatic, then you've got the vacuum type.

If you disconnect the vacuum line from the petcock, then you have to plug it off in some way or another, otherwise you'll create a leak which will screw up the VOES.

Seems to me the best solution there is to just toss the old lines completely and replace with a single line from the carb to the VOES.

 

This! Figure that after 19 years that vacuum line has served its purpose and owes you nothing. Also, while you’re in there, check the VOES to make sure it’s working properly and not leaking. The rubber diaphragm in the VOES doesn’t last forever. Ask me how I know. If you’re going to replace it the time to do so is while you’re already in there.

 

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Many do, but we're never supposed to refer to her as a "vacuum pump!"

 

When I had 1/2 tank of bad gasoline day before my road trip to MT. Washington NH, I was stranded 40 miles from home. I ended up pulling the entire petcock out the bottom to drain the friggin' tank. That was my first experience with vacuum fuel systems. What a stinky job that was. To top it off, the station manager busted my ***** giving me my money back until I showed him a taping pail of crappy 1/2 gas, 1/2 waterry goo.
I came inches from pouring it over his turban....grrrrrr.

 

Imagine if that **** happened to your car, you'd be calling a tow truck. Luckily it was only in your bike.... I hear it's a real bitch to Prime that back up again with that vacuum petcock. If you had a Pingle it would not have been an issue.....