New CB77 Owner: Where does the gas tank equalizer plug in

apophis · Post by **apophis** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:18 am

I am new 64 SuperHawk owner. By VIN code mine is a late 63. My right side gas tank equilizer tube just has a capped hose on it. it connects to nothing.

I have a 68 S90, a 67 CL90 and a 72 CL175. All have dual equalizer tubes on the tank with a hose between them.

I do not see where I plug this in to balance the volume on both sides of the tank. It would make sense if the petcock had a 2nd "IN", but it doesn't

what am I missing?

jleewebb · Post by **jleewebb** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:34 pm

apophis wrote: what am I missing?

a correct petcock? just not lookiing in right place?

the crossover tube connects to the petcock up high on the inside and allows fuel flow to carbs when lever is in "reserve" position. or you can leave both plugged and just lay bike over on left side when you run out of gas...

MRiesAP · Post by **MRiesAP** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:47 pm

Post a pic of your petcock.

jleewebb · Post by **jleewebb** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:13 pm

MRiesAP wrote:Post a pic of your petcock.

just happen to have a couple...crossover connector spigot is at upper left of petcock body, what it's leaning on.

here's what two of them look like all took apart...spigots up here...

more pics of things taken apart here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29069113@N ... 3238972327

you're welcome -- Lee

apophis · Post by **apophis** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:30 am

I will pull the petcock off tonight after I drain the tank.

MRiesAP · Post by **MRiesAP** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:09 pm

Thanks jleewebb, I ment a pic of apophis's petcock, But now apophis knows what to look for.

SeanCB77 · Post by **SeanCB77** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 6:59 pm

I remember reading about this issue before. It takes a certain petcock to hook up the reserve fuel line you are talking about. If its capped off, then the previous owner probably never used his reserve tank rather than buying the correct one. The one in JLee's photos is the correct one.

It may be worth noting that when that fuel line is connected, its next to impossible to simply loosen the seat mount, pull off the fuel lines, and remove the tank without that particular fuel line dumping fuel everywhere. Its possible that your bikes previous owner got tired of mopping up fuel and capped off the reserve to prevent it.

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