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Posted by Trall
 - May 03, 2016, 19:00:08 PM

I took my drifter out last week and parked it in the garage.  Hours later my wife comes home from work and says she smells gas in the garage.   I keep my mower and all gas cans in a shed to went to check my Drifter.  I found a small puddle spot under my bike.  Got out flashlight trying to find the source and it lead back to the right side up to the carb behind the air cleaner.

I am thinking Oh great........

I got on the forum search and found a old post by GB and his 800 fuel leak.  Read it and first checked to see if selector was on pro (prime), it wasn't.  If it was then that could of been my reason for a fuel leak.  I then pulled the fuel line off my petcock on the left hand side under the tank.  Had a small bucket in hand.  My petcock was in the On position and dripping.

So from GB post I had a bad petcock since it should not leak in the On position since the 800 is a vacuum controlled petcock.  Since GB had issues trying to use a rebuild kit on his 800 petcock and bought a new 800 petcock and that fixed his issue but on his thread brings up a Excellent idea of using a Manual Petcock and since the Drifter 1500 is manual petcock and not a vacuumed control petcock like the 800 posted that question. On his old post there was not a definitive reply if the 1500 manual petcock would fit the 800 tank.  So he just replaced with a new 800 Petcock. Since the petcock gasket for both the 800 and 1500 petcock are the same part number which should mean the 1500 petcock will fit the 800.  The reserve fuel tube might change and worth comparing but just take a mental note if if does.

I for one like the idea of never having a fuel leak again caused from a vacuum controlled petcock and had manual controlled petcock on past motorcycles and never had this fuel leak mess to deal with.  So I am using GB idea and ordered the 1500 petcock and new gasket from 51023-1330 TAP-ASSY,FUEL (PETCOCK) AND GASKET- 92055-112 "0" RING,53.5MM, from http://www.partzilla.com/parts/search/parts.html  best price out there at $63.99.  Also comes with a 30 day return policy. Just don't open and compare to the 800 petcock to make sure it's basically the same. Remember by switching to a manual petcock to cap off the vacuum line no longer being used.  Also remember to turn the selector to off when you park.  I rather to that and never have a fuel leak mess again with a manual petcock.  There are also a few Youtube videos do the same thing on youtube on other bikes.

Here are my questions-

Has anyone actually did this yet on a 800?  I won't know since my parts are pending shipping.

The 800 and 1500 petcock has the tank gas filter covering the fuel tubes, so is it overkill to add an external fuel filter to the fuel line while I am at it just for added protection since the 800 has a carburetor to make sure nothing gets to the carb and fouls up the jet/needle?

To remove 800 Petcock-  It was simple to take out.  1st- I added a extra 5/16 fuel to the petcock and turn the selector to pri (prime) and drained the fuel tank in a 5 gallon bucket and put gas in my car outside. 2nd- Left tank in place on bike and removed the two screws holding petcock and removed. 3rd- Place a piece of tape covering tank petcock hole for bugs don't get in there.
GB old post-

http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/index.php?topic=20936.msg41546#msg41546

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