Manual (Pingel) Petcock Adapter

[garagepunkfan]

I bought a used Pingel petcock off that auction site and did not really like the generic adapter plate Pingel sells so i made my own. it accepts all stock Suzuki gaskets. pix....

[Guest]

Why didn't you make a petcock?
Your reserve will be much less with that adapter plate extension.

[blowerbike]

nice machine work but i agree with bill...less reserve capacity now.

[Guest]

Very nice machine work my concern would be how far the valve would hang down

[garagepunkfan]

thanks for the supportive comments guys. when assembled, the standpipe ports are in a comparable position to the oem petcock and it hangs no lower than the oem unit. closeup pics make it seem large but its tiny; less than an inch tall.

[blowerbike]

the pingle reserve capacity is given from the thinner adapter that pingle sells for there valves.
you would guage off of this rather than comparing to a factory fuel valve.
maybe not enough fuel difference to tell but i think the pingle plate is 3/8".
again nice machine work..

[tfb]

stunning work

Stunning work there. So you lose a little of the reserve, no big deal: Adjust it, it's not that hard!
So would you produce these for fellow GSers? And if so could you give us an approx idea of cost?

Cheers, Mike.

[posplayr]

It is very nice work. It seems like it would be straight forward to recess the pintos to the same depth as their original plate.

[blowerbike]

ummm, then you would have little to no threads NPT...ya know?
pintos...and beans or a ford product?
those not so often used words get me every time...though i do love pintos and cheese....mmmmm

[blowerbike]

i do like being able to use the factory o-ring though..
can i assume this is free hand or was CNC produced?

[garagepunkfan]

blowerbike, this was made on a Fadal CNC mill using GibbsCam software to draw the geometry and program the code. design is mine; reverse engineering by inspection of the factory petcock to obtain critical dimensions. that o-ring groove would be a tough deal on a manual mill.

for those that inquired about buying one, i'd love to, but for personal projects, my work requires that i do things only for myself, on my own time, and not for resale. for the benefit of using their machines i feel obliged to honor that agreement. the goal within the next 5 years or so is to have my own CNC, or two

[Guest]

Sure is some purdy machine work there for sure.

[blowerbike]

blowerbike, this was made on a Fadal CNC mill using GibbsCam software to draw the geometry and program the code. design is mine; reverse engineering by inspection of the factory petcock to obtain critical dimensions. that o-ring groove would be a tough deal on a manual mill.

for those that inquired about buying one, i'd love to, but for personal projects, my work requires that i do things only for myself, on my own time, and not for resale. for the benefit of using their machines i feel obliged to honor that agreement. the goal within the next 5 years or so is to have my own CNC, or two

way above my pay grade but very very cool.

[Grimly]

It's a nice looking bit of machining. When you get your own machine, let us know and I'll likely have a petcock adapter (or similar) from you.