GS1000 Petcock/Fuel Connection

[Guest]

I am working on attaching a fuel tank to my project bike I recently picked up, and I'm not sure exactly how everything fits together. Below is a link to a picture of the underside of my tank.

Link to picture.

So far I know: I require a petcock with a fuel and vacuum line, and the carbs that came with the bike have a corresponding vacuum line output channel. Check. To run the fuel gauge, you need to connect the two wires to the corresponding wire in the gauge cluster. Check. For the bike to run, you need a fuel line. Check (lol). What's confusing me is the little cylindrical output from the fuel gauge sensor. It appears to require some other channel to connect to, but I'm not sure about this. Perhaps it just needs a breather tube coming off it?

In any case, the bolt-to-bolt diameter is 44mm, and the fuel filter itself has a slight offset with respect to the bolts themselves. This petcock I found on eBay here has the correct bolt spacing and filter offset, a vacuum line and of course a fuel line. But nothing to connect to the fuel sensor. Will such a petcock work with my set up?

Thanks!

[Agemax]

this should help you out

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/storagecliff/images/hose_locations.html

[Griffyn]

The connector on the fuel gauge sender is a vent hose, it does not connect to the petcock.

[FLATout?]

Awesome, 'tanks' guys.

[SqDancerLynn1]

Not actually a vent ! It is a safety over flow If the fuel gauge leaks the drain hose will rout it down to the ground. NOT let it fall on the engine

[tkent02]

Not actually a vent ! It is a safety over flow If the fuel gauge leaks the drain hose will rout it down to the ground. NOT let it fall on the engine

This is correct, it's a drain not a vent.