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Feb 24, 2014 | 07:22 PM

#11

Doug S

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When mine still had the vacuum petcock I just got a 4' long piece of 1/4" fuel line and siphoned it out of the gas tanks into a gas can.

Toss that stock petcock and get a non-vacuum Pingle.

This is how you do it, siphon out the gas and get a pingle... Job over and done...

Ds

Feb 25, 2014 | 01:57 AM

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Springer Boy

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Hi all

Thank you very much for all the valuable advice, much appreciated! I like the idea of replacing the vacuum valve with something more conventional.

What do I do with the little vacuum pipe that comes from somewhere near the carburetor? Just block it off and tug it away?

Cheers

KC

Feb 25, 2014 | 04:27 AM

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shadowchrome

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You can just plug it. My vacuum line had a tee in it and also went to the VOES. I took out the tee and just plugged it straight into the VOES.

Feb 25, 2014 | 06:27 AM

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texashillcountry

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Originally Posted by shadowchrome

You can just plug it. My vacuum line had a tee in it and also went to the VOES. I took out the tee and just plugged it straight into the VOES.

Feb 25, 2014 | 10:15 AM

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Springer Boy

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Originally Posted by HarDlife

Just use a large funnel with a hose and break the nut loose on the tank. Your taking the petcock out anyway, right? And like others have said, toss that vacuum crap and get a regular petcock. I got a oe type non-vacuum j&p petcock for 20 bucks, works like a champ.

This is exactly what I ended up doing. I figured that if I could get the fuel to run out fast it would bring all the dirt with it. If I drained it slowly the dirt would stay behind.

I managed it with minimum mess, and was rather surprised to find that my tank was reasonably clean inside. The fuel valve filter was still clean as well. I also removed the cross-over to check the pipe while I had it all apart.

I phoned around but was unable to find a new fuel valve locally, so I replaced the original for now. I will have to ship a new replacement valve from the USA. I don’t like this vacuum setup.

Thanks again for all the advice and comments. It cleared things up for me.

Cheers

KC

Feb 25, 2014 | 10:13 PM

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cowboy 51

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From: Alvin TX

those pingles are good , but a $100, I also did like hardlife just spent the &20 for a stock style non vac works just fine & does the job just right

Feb 26, 2014 | 08:38 AM

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JohnnyC

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From: Near Frankenmuth, MI

Those $20/$40 petcocks may work for some but they are junk and will leak because they are not designed with quality in mind. I can say this after 2 different Drag Specialty and one other even more expensive ($60) el cheapos. Time wasted. Much gas spilled.

I now have a $129 Pingel and it's the quaility you want too.

The Pingel has a nylon block that turns to the openings for main and reserve. They are very reliable and will outlast 3 cheap ones.

The cheap ones use a rubber grommet with holes in it. The rubber tends to turn soft with today's gas and melt then leak right out the front of the valve.