1984 VF500F with 86 engine complete rebuild

3 seconds. Not a "Short".

 

Agree....sounded great!

 

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=911983254385006

 

Still sounds good. ;-) And cell phone audio is harsh!

Cool man.

 

I've been working on fabricating a petcock for my gas tank. I rigged this up to attach a feed to it.

 

So this is what I came up with as a petcock.

 

Pretty clever, but what sealant did you use?

I should also ask, did you incorporate an o-ring in your design?

 

This Permashield sealant and Liquid tape. The liquid tape is awesome for rubber repair. Better then glue sticks IMO and much easer to apply.

 

I HIGHLY recommend you add some fuel and let the tank sit over some newspapers for at least a week.

You will likely need to incorporate an o-ring into your design.

 

I have o-rings on both screws and the tank filter shaft

 

Cool! I would still do a test of course.

 

Will do

 

Just to be clear Mike, I put an o-ring on the tank filter then installed it in the gas tank. Then I coated around the o-ring with the liquid tape. Then I did the same with the two screw o-rings. I then coated the entire bottom of the block I made with the liquid tape. After securing the block to the gas tank I filled in the sides with the permashield.

 

Got it. The oring around the strainer tube is key, as long as it is getting squished a bit. Not sure what the orings around the bolts are doing.

If gas gets by the main oring, there isn't a sealant that will hold off fuel forever.

Like I said, pretty clever! Hope it works.

 

the o-rings around the screws are just for extra security. I should be mounting the tank soon. I'll know then.

 

I had to order a quality inline petcock as the cheap Chinese one leaked. Now we're good.

 

WELL IT'S DONE !! I finally finished it. Made up some side panels and it's ready to ride when it warms up. Thanks to everyone that helped !!

 

Very good. Enjoy when the weather warms up and give us a ride report.

I am REALLY ready for some moto time myself.