My petcock threw up—!

Help please- my 81 xs400 is almost ready for new life- rebuilt carbs, reinstall fuel lines, vacuum line and boom, my petcock is leaking fuel- my bike hasn’t seen oil or car for 30 years so pretty sure the petcock seals are shot- is there an aftermarket petcock anyone can recommend that I can grab fairly quickly?

thx-
Bob

 

Thank you- being that my vacuum system still works (I think) will it interfere with the operation of the bike that you know if? Cheers

 

When you say ‘switched it’ you mean petcock right? Thx so much btw- it’s a huge help- looking forward to getting my 81 (3300 miles) ON THE ROAD!!

 

Also, I have the original carbs (gummed up but intact…) is there a need for those on this forum? Classifieds? Cheers

 

Cool, MANY THANKS

 

If I can ask one final question (mechanic I’m not…) so when I install the new petcock, I simply cap the vacuum nipple that previously had a hose on it to the petcock? Thx

 

perfect- thanks again

 

Wow, what a journey, I (hope) that I’m almost there- new petcock arrived, installed it along with the new-old carbs, gassed it, sprayed the carb cleaner and it FIRED up after 32 years of sitting in a barn (oil is decent etc-) PROBLEM- the right muffler (which was heat colored when I got it..) appears to heat up and actually smoked a bit- have to adjust the idle speed tomorrow but the muffler smirking has me worried (btw, I ‘capped’ the vacuum nipples…) any ideas? Thanks so much!

 

Indeed, working on that today- thx for this also

 

Ok my friend, for some reason I feel that you’ve ‘been there’ for this cycle rehab- new wrinkle, bike was running odd (mentioned the gas leak etc) so I removed the carbs (again, and btw, they were originals from eBay in seemingly good shape..)- upon closer examination the float was corroded right thru- question, is there a pair of new aftermarket carbs that you’d recommend I can snag to get this baby running again-

 

Carbman Twin Carburetor Double Cylinder Carb Compatible with Honda Rebel 250 Carburetor CA250 CMX250 1996-2011 CMX250C 2003-2011 Carbs https://a.co/d/epO5Agv

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Appreciate your time, you have been wicked helpful- so yesterday, yeah, got the bike running and idling smooth but fuel kept rolling out of one side- i even ride the bike, felt good…took the carbs off, then apart and cleaned them, thinking maybe the initial ‘starting’ got em bunked up- put em back together and reinstalled them and didn’t even notice the hole in the float- took them back out and then I noticed- anyway, the seller from eBay was understanding and I really do feel it was an oversight so I found another set, ordered two rebuild kits and had to put off what I wanted to happen yesterday- lol-