Petcock without handle???

[allanbegg]

All,

Please see the attached image for reference.

My son's GS850L has a petcock that does not have a handle. Instead, there is a small white plastic piece inside the body, with a slot, in the shape of an arrow. The outer body is marked PRI at about the 11 o'clock position. Currently the arrow is pointing to the 12 o'clock position.

Can anyone tell me where the RUN position should be?

Does a handle normally engage the plastic part, or is this an incorrect petcock?

He has a float bowl that is slowly overflowing, and I need to get the petcock into the RUN position, to see if that will help.

Thanks, Allan

[Guest]

80 petcock.
Parrallel to the ground is run. Up and down is prime. You still need one blast of vacuum to have fuel flow on prime but not continuous like run.

[allanbegg]

80 petcock.
Parrallel to the ground is run.

Would that be with arrow pointing forward or back?
Or does it not matter?

Thanks for the quick response.

Allan

[Guest]

I was talking about the slot. Use a small screwdriver to change the postition of the slot to the postitions I stated earlier.
It will spin round and round so those two postions are the only two you have.
I bought a Pingel to replace that pos.