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I have a vacuum petcock on my ‘78 special (same as the first one pictured in this thread) and need to replace the vacuum hose (again). Regular/generic 1/4 fuel line seems to wear out relatively quickly (anybody else find this to be the case?) and I’m wondering if anyone on here has...

Sad but true

So this morning I went to replace these two gaskets and on loosening the left of the two bolts on the filter cover plate the (female) thread stripped out (and won’t re-tighten). So much for this being an easy job. Is my best option to heli coil the bolt hole? I’ve not done that before and...

@5twins I started shopping for the filter cover gasket and also came across a gasket for the base of the oil filter. Change that one too after having cleaned the filter?

Thanks @toglhot and @5twins - everything I need to know. I don’t want to jinx it, but it sounds like this one ought to be one of the easier fixes 🤞

The right side oil filter cover on my ‘78 Special started leaking earlier today. A few questions: 1. Should I replace the filter cover gasket as a matter of course, or could I expect/hope for a quick re-torque of the two cover bolts to resolve this minor leak? 2. If removing the filter cover to...

I had warm enough weather this morning to get out on the stoop and take care of the tacho cap-off job. Ultimately having removed the housing retaining bolt (on the front of the case) I was able to insert a dental pick into the bolt-hole and lift the broken housing out from there, with the last...

Yes. Ordinarily with a (non-broken) housing you’d just unscrew that bolt and pull it out…but not so simple if someone has sheared of the only grab-able portion of it :/ When I got the bike the broken top half of the housing was just politely sat in place here…only noticed it was sheared once I...

At least if I absolutely have to pull the cover, a five gallon bucket gets to be part of the act! I’d hoped to be able to do the job from the outside, but perhaps finagling the housing out of there just isn’t a possibility‽‽

Thank you. The plug from Lowbrow Customs would make sense if I ultimately decide to remove the drive gear entirely. For now I’m just looking to replace the seal, the housing and cap it off with the screw cap…but I’m stuck on how to remove the remains of the old housing (as pictured), hopefully...

Looks like the PO of my '78 XS650 Special broke (or cut?) the tacho housing (pictured below as #1 in the diagram). There's no tacho on my bike and I don't plan to add one, but the o-ring #2 is leaking so this needs addressing. I have parts on the way (replacement housing, threaded insert...

I’m not gonna say I didn’t consider that option 😅

Thanks everyone. Everything I needed to know and prepping the ends of the leads is a great tip! 👍👍

Looking to switch out my yellow spark plug wires on my '78 XS650 Special. A few questions that I'm looking for clarification on: 1. Can anyone point me in the direction of the right NGK boots and a set of black wires appropriate for my bike? Running NGK BP7ES plugs and the coil as pictured...