Mine had a brownish plastic screen about 2 inches long down inside the tank after you pull off the petcock. It's about the same dimensions as a cigarette, I had to pull it out with some needlenose. If you see anything plastic in the tank that's it, it's just held in place by friction.
One way to see if you're starving for fuel is to block off the air intake under the seat and see if it runs a little better. If you restrict the airflow and it balances out then it's starving for fuel. You remembered to hook the vacuum line back up right? -Kyle On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Creative Residential Designs < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kyle...I just pulled my petcock...I didn't see a plastic sceen above the > petcock. Does it stay in the tank? > I cleaned my fuel screen (inside the petcock), replaced the O ring and put > it back on. Now my bike starts for awhile and then dies under load or all by > itself after a short time. Any Ideas? I'm wondering if its not getting > enought fuel for some reason. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, October 17, 2008 11:08 AM > *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: question on tank sealing... > > With mine I went to Ace hardware and bought rubber stoppers. I drilled a > hole thru the middle of them and put a bolt nut and washers thru it with the > end of the bolt and the nut sticking out the top, that way I could hold the > bolt with some pliers and tighten the nut to compress the stopper in place. > The small one for the petcock I just shoved in there. > Another trick is a heat gun or old blow dryer to help evaporate the fuel. > Also, don't forget to pull the plastic screen that sits above the straw for > the petcock, if you seal that up you're gonna have a bad time. > > -Kyle > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Creative Residential Designs < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi group! I bought the Kreem kit to seal my tank. The directions specify >> to drill small holes on either side of the gas hole, put gasket materila >> over, and then a piece of metal or wood which is then screwed down to seal >> the tank. (For a Nighthawk it would be one additional hole since there are >> two already to bolt down the gas cap). They say not to use ducktape of >> course. >> My question is: Is there another way to seal the gas tank hole without >> drilling another hole? >> I have heavy gasket material and I thought that if I put a jar lid over >> that and then taped it down with ducktape it would work. (The duck tape >> would no be in direct contact with the tank contents then.) >> Any help you can give me would be appreciated. >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
