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I went to crank my cycle today and fuel was pouring out of the left filter. I shut off the petcocks, pulled the filter off to see what the heck was going on. As soon as I turned the petcock on again, a stream shot out of pencil sized hole on the left side of the air intake. Turned the petcock...

Now that Pamco Pete is no longer in business, I need to protect my e-advancer/ignition more than ever. I don't know what I would do if it were to get fried. As I understand it, with a big capacitor and almost zero current draw, the only thing protecting it is the rectifier. I'm fearful that...

I'd like to thank all you guys for input during the winter about petcocks. I got my old vacuum petcocks replaced with new ones, I can now turn off my fuel and it no longer drips all over my bike. Now...... When I changed the petcocks it was winter, so I was running the cycle in the garage...

I recently completed my 1979 XS650 build, got it running, everything seems fine, but I was smelling gas. I've figured out it looks like both petcocks are leaking, I still need to be sure its both and not just one, but its hard when its below zero temps. Having said all that, do people here...

I made my XS a kick start only, removed all the old electronics and replaced with nothing but electric ignition and advancer. Made it as a fair weather ride, but now its cold as hell outside and want to run it a bit, keep it healthy, and of course I can't get it to start using the kick method...

I have a Pamco unit I purchased a few years ago, sat in a box in the shelf in my house for a couple of years, so I'm sure the warranty is out. Having said that, nobody, not me, not my mechanic, no one has been able to get it to fire, so I am going to order a new one since we have checked...

I have a Pamco unit I purchased a few years ago, sat in a box in the shelf in my house for a couple of years, so I'm sure the warranty is out. Having said that, nobody, not me, not my mechanic, no one has been able to get it to fire, so I am going to order a new one since we have checked...