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I have seen a carb rebuild kit recommendation for Scramblercycle.com. They are currently out of this item. Any other recommendation? I would also like a petcock rebuild kit recommendation please.
Recommended carb rebuild kits and petcock rebuild kits.
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Did I mention that this is for a CL77?
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Thanks, Brando. But it appears that this vendor does not stock items for the CL77 (unless I am mistaken}.
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Sirius looks like a good possibility for me.
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Dime city cycles might. Let me know. I have a couple of other places
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Let me know about dimecity cycles. If not, I'll get on my list of parts folks and see what I can do. It'll be fun finding it
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Thanks, Brando. I just picked this bike up and one of the carbs leaks if I don't shut off the petcock - and it may be leaking a bit with the petcock in the off position. Too busy on another project to pull the carbs and see what I have. When I know more I may revisit this thread for guidance. Thanks again.
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Let me know what you need and I'll do all I can to find it for you
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Avoid replacing carb parts that don't need it. If it's been sitting, cleaning may solve the float valve leak. If turning the fuel off corrects the problem, I'd stick with that. You can pull the fuel lines off with the petcock in the 'off' position and see if it leaks.
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I agree. I had a petcock that had an issue with the rubber gasket. Because I'm not that bright, I caused more issues not dealing with it properly. I still have the factory and I plan on fixing it
The issues I had with the gravity fed system were cause by the cheap gas the previous owner had been using. Bowls of the carbs were pretty gummy so I just cleaned them all out. I don't suggest this unless you have an idea how to do it. It's not hard but needs to be done right.
I really need to take mine down but I'm going to see how she does today when I try to fire her up. Resetting the points will be needed I think, but adjusting the carbs, I don't know till it's running.
We have a higher octane, 100% gas here and that's all I put in anything I have (other than vehicles) with a motor.
Sorry about stealing the thread
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I decided to drain the fuel tank (old stiff fuel lines would not slip off so needed to be cut). With the petcock lever in the "off" position no fuel dripped from the tank. So that was good. Turning the lever to the "reserve" position, fuel flowed from the left nipple only, until I rocked the bike back and forth while on the center stand. Then I would get a bit of fuel from the right nipple. I would eventually drain about 1-1/2 gallons of fuel from the tank. I cracked the drain screws on both carbs but no fuel flowed. Drain passages could be blocked. It may be some time before I can get back to this but I'll probably remove the carbs next. Any comments on the behavior of the petcock?
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There's nothing wrong with the petcock, gas will flow out whichever tube has the least resistance. Block one nipple and the gas will flow out of the other one.
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When draining a small amount of fuel from my tank, the fuel sometimes flows only from one 'nipple', but if I block it with my finger, it will flow from the other and removing my finger causes it to flow from both thus draining the tank faster. In any event, you should check and/or clean the screen in the petcock if you haven't done so. If you find crud, I recommend installing in-line fuel filters when putting in new fuel lines.
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Okay. That's helpful.
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Also helpful. That screen is easy enough to access and I'll check it when I have the tank off to access the carbs.
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I removed the petcock recently because it was dripping very very slowly with the lever in the off position. There were no gaskets under the two 6mm attachment screws - only some sort of sealant. Mike in idaho explained that there should be washers under the screw heads. Found some, installed them and no leaking after overnight test.
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