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Old May 24, 2011 | 12:10 PM
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i have a 98 road king project with a carb, its basicly a basket case. i have installed the carb but did not recieve any hoses....so there is two plastic elbow fittings and one small brass colored fitting on the top. i have no idea where these need to go. i know one of the elbow (i assume the larger of the two) goes the the the tank...can any one help?
 
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Old May 24, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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You are going to need a manual if you are doing a basket case. The brass fitting is for a vacuum line that goes to the fuel petcock. The front plastic fitting is for the fuel line, the rear one is for the overflow.
 
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Here is where you can look it up:

http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche....pe=13&A=99&B=9
 
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Old May 24, 2011 | 01:17 PM
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good lookin out.
 
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Get rid of the plastic in-feed fitting.... for a brass one
 
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