• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

prime on my new petcock

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

Guest
I just got me a new petcock for my 1100L and i have just one dumb question about it. The word prime is towards the top so does this mean that when the screw driver slot is up and down it is in prime mode? The reason i ask is because the one on my bike now is straight up and down all the time , but it was rebuilt by the po so who knows?
 
well, you can always pull the fuel line off & see what happens in that position... would certainly be nice to know for sure where prime is.
 
If I understand the
censored.gif
1980 petcock, you also need a quick bit of vacuum to get it going on prime.
Once it starts flowing, you don't need the vacuum any more.

In other words, no gas will flow, no matter which way you turn it.
Apply a little bit of vacuum, then release.
If the gas stops, you have the petcock in the ON position.
If it gas keeps flowing, it's in the PRIME position.

.
 
hikermikem said:
well, you can always pull the fuel line off & see what happens in that position... would certainly be nice to know for sure where prime is.
Click to expand...

I know I saw that documented somewhere... Pretty sure vertical is prime. I could be wrong though.

A rebuilt petcock may still not function correctly, so it would be best to test it for the action Steve describes. If it doesn't work correctly, Z1 has replacements. About $60 to never think about it (except springtime, when you will need to prime it again).
 
Last edited:
yeah got me a new one but just wanted to make sure i knew wich way was prime.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top