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Rebuilt Petcock, but no Reserve?
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e3steve
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Re: petcock
Good point, Mike. I didn't think it would in the reserve orifice. Does it?mike1969 wrote:Could he have set the tube in the wrong position? The petcock would be in the "on" position but would really be running on "reserve". Learned that the hard way!
Re: Rebuilt Petcock, but no Reserve?
DownLOUD MOUSE wrote:What angle was the fuel lever?. ..............lm
56_oval wrote:Today was my longest trip on the hawk so far covering about 60 miles. I didn't think about gas at all cause I thought I had a reserve. Well, I don't. I was on the highway and felt that lack of power from running out of fuel. I switched over to reserve, but the engine died anyway and I coasted to the side of the road. I looked in the tank and she was empty.
So, my question is what do I need to do to my petcock to get it to work? Maybe the main tube is too short or has a crack or something?
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e3steve
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Re: petcock
I meant "I didn't think it would fit in the reserve orifice".....e3steve wrote:Good point, Mike. I didn't think it would in the reserve orifice. Does it?mike1969 wrote:Could he have set the tube in the wrong position? The petcock would be in the "on" position but would really be running on "reserve". Learned that the hard way!
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e3steve
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Re: Rebuilt Petcock, but no Reserve?
See, Ed? You've hurt the poor chap's feelings now! Cricketground, don't be so sensitive☺.56_oval wrote:DownLOUD MOUSE wrote:What angle was the fuel lever?. ..............lm
56_oval wrote:Today was my longest trip on the hawk so far covering about 60 miles. I didn't think about gas at all cause I thought I had a reserve. Well, I don't. I was on the highway and felt that lack of power from running out of fuel. I switched over to reserve, but the engine died anyway and I coasted to the side of the road. I looked in the tank and she was empty.
So, my question is what do I need to do to my petcock to get it to work? Maybe the main tube is too short or has a crack or something?