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Old 08-11-2017, 09:08 PM
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Yes I work it with the metal brush and it is tight. but now also since we are got to the fact that it is electrical and possible a short some wear my battery getting drained out if I dont right it for a 2-3 days. So if we enlightenment the battery from the list what I can check next?
 
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Old 08-14-2017, 12:42 PM
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Sounds like you have a parisitic drain somewhere. Thankfully the electrical system isn't too complicated.
I think something is grounding out that shouldn't be.
You may just have to go over the wiring harness from front to back and look for obvious points where it could be shorting out.
If the battery is dying while the bike sits for a couple days, I'd look at the circuits that are in front of the ignition switch. Like the battery to the starter relay and battery to fuse / stator / regulator.
That might be a good place to begin. If you are getting a short to ground in that area, it will kill the bike for sure, and drain the battery when the key is off.
 
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Old 08-14-2017, 12:51 PM
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Wow - a big to do about a petcock.

The bike sat for 2 years. Two things will happen - fuel will congeal and chunk up and stuff will get plugged.

Riding it is good therapy - may clear it up.

Best bet is to drain fuel and open carb and spray it out including pulling out jets to ensure they are not gummed. A bit of brake spray or seafoam spray will work well. When you drain fuel, inspect and clean the petcock screen. It can have all sorts of stuff blocking it.

As far as the petcock - very simple. Set to reserve. Remove the vac line and take a length of similar vac line. Remove the fuel line and put a lenght of fuel line in its place and directed into a bottle or receptacle. Suck on that vac line. That will cause the diaphragm in the petcock to release fuel. You'll be able to see if it's a good poor or not. However - most likely - if the petcock is not leaking - it is good. Go to carb.

I just cleaned a carb that had the equivalent of Chunky Soup in the bowl. No substitute for open and clean.
 
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ok sounds good
 
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Old 08-15-2017, 11:44 PM
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Ohh today I look at it more and found that Vac line from petcock to the carb is deteriorated with time and crack. So I think it was a good part of the problem. Hope on Sunday I will go and check all electrical.
 
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Ohh today I look at it more and found that Vac line from petcock to the carb is deteriorated with time and crack. So I think it was a good part of the problem. Hope on Sunday I will go and check all electrical.
You need to fix that vacuum line, those petcocks will not flow fuel without a vacuum applied to them.
 
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It's awesome when people report back on the prob. Thanks for the update - let us know how it goes.
 
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Old 08-16-2017, 10:21 AM
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My experience with a sitting gas engine is the carb will be all gunked up. And some of the gunk will probably work it's way to a jet. I'd open the carb up and clean it out. Clean out the petcock. Maybe add a fuel filter.
 
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Old 08-17-2017, 03:25 PM
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Good deal.
Replace that vac line and give it a shot before going any deeper into it.
 
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