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Old June 27th, 2023, 08:02 PM   #22
Triple Jim
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Name: Jim
Location: North Carolina
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Originally Posted by jk3099 View Post
1. The gas test suggested by @DannoXYZ was very interesting. I pulled the hose between the petcock and gas tank and tried collecting it into an empty container for 10 seconds; no gas/one drop came out. I thought it might be the fuel filters, so I took them all off and then tried again. Same result.
There should be no hose from the petcock to the gas tank. There is a hose from the petcock to the vacuum port of the carbs, and there is the fuel output hose from the petcock to the carbs. The petcock gets fuel from the large threaded fitting that mounts it to the tank.
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