No lever on petcock?

[chef1366]

Don't know, I rarely ever touch mine (petcock).:-D

Yeah, right =;
I have a couple of cats for pets.

[rufus]

I have an 82 GS750e. Petcock works but the lever is broken off. Anyone have the body by itself? lol

[Kcwiro]

As Chef1366 correctly pointed out, space was definitely the issue in 1980 and the error was corrected in 1981. If you do some searches, I think you'll find that the '1980 petcock caper' is one of the very most popular subjects discussed on the forum.

Do a search for 'Pingel' and you can find out how to deal with it....and end up with a reserve, to boot!:-D

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=69615

there I did the work for you... I'm doing my pingle mod tonight before I take the bike out tonight:-D

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=69578

both of these should help you out ... thanks chucky for posting so much info for the rest of us =)

[bcrowther]

Thank you for your information. I too had this question. I just got a new petcock for my 1980 GS850 L and found that it came in the prime position, vertical, and when I turned it to horizontal it only pumped gas when I was trying to start it or it was on. So it was using the suction hose to send the gas.

The only question I have is that I saw in another posting that it would not over flow your carbs if your float was working properly. Anyone know any truth to this?

[chef1366]

If the petcock isn't flowing fuel unless it's running it won't overflow the float bowls.
Even on prime these petcocks need vacuum to activate it but not constant vacuum like run.

[pvalade]

What are the petcock settings

I went through the same thing with my 1980 GS550L. I also thought the lever was broken.

Now that we all know about this style of petcock, what ar the settings:

I have a little triangle pointing downwards with fuel written above it and purge written to the left. I also have dots on each side of the horizontal diameter. I don't have a user manual so I don't know if the position of the slot (where the lever was assumed to be). Currently I leave it vertical, but in term of design usually a slot of this type should be allingned with the flow. If you need a picture I can send one.

I also researched to find a rebuild kit and was told that it would be better to replace it with one that has a lever.

Hope you can help.

Pierre

[pvalade]

Oops

I just saw the answer. Does anyone have an original user's manual?