thanks, it was hard to see the cork piece as it was caked w/ gunk on it....
next question, as some have posted that they used a small amount of grease on the rubber pieces,,....will lithium grease work
PETCOCK REPAIR KITSok....small problem......i got the petcock put back together and the end looking piece (witht the 'x' ring) does not seem to want to push all the way back in, i figure this is because of the new rubber gaskets.....
question 1) do the ends of the 'x' clip snap into place or or the ends kinda of up and are forced down when the three screws of the petcock are tightened, thus compressing the rubber gaskets on the inside together .....is there someway to safely compress these pieces when putting it back together question 2) the rebuild kit came w/ three small metal washers, where it looks like the original were rubber, is it best to stick with rubber and get new ones i put the petcock back together and as i mentioned in question #1, i thought the 'x' clip would compress the innards of the petcock together as i screwed in the three screws..........didn't work, when i put the tank back on, and put a little gas in it.....it still leaked....you can tell the leak is coming from the little hole where the on/run lever is My experience with the kit was that when I used the 3 metal "crush washers" was that I had gas leak around them.I tightened them best I could and did not help.So I put the 40 year old originals on and no leaks!My petcock did not leak around where you say.The other problem I had was that I like to run the carb low and since it was such a tight fit and the constant on and off was flexing the high level tube and it actual broke the rubber off that held the tube to round rubber piece.I discovered this after putting a new kit in and seeing the tube flex as I turned it on and off.That is why guys are using the grease to help it move.I believe the springs should catch the hole in the tank to tighten things up if I'm not mistaken.There was a post on the Yahoo 305 site not long ago how someone fixed there leaking petcock.Go there and look back thru the last 3 or four weeks.
finally got it to work w/out leaking.....put a small amount of lithium grease on the rubber gaskets......i then put it together and got a small screw driver and slightly pried up the ends of the 'x' ring....which i think forced the compression of the gaskets as i tightened the three screws....the lever is nice and snug and moves smoothly....
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