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What else got a solenoid-operated petcock?
Posted: 08 Oct 2023 07:52
by CJN904T
My 3 1/2 had a solenoid petcock. Suspect Ethanol won't be kind to the 70s rubber, and mine went years back for a straight manual.
I've seen Jap vacuum-op petcocks. I seem to remember Le Mans 850s getting them - I may have that worng? Did anything else - including modern stuff - ever see a 12V solenoid a la Morini?
Re: What else got a solenoid-operated petcock?
Posted: 08 Oct 2023 18:39
by morini_tom
Some Guzzis of the era had the same Orlandi solenoid operated fuel tap.
The club is currently looking into getting new diaphragms manufactured, in a modern fuel proof rubber.
Watch this space (and please let me know if anyone reading this is interested in one so we can gauge demand)
Re: What else got a solenoid-operated petcock?
Posted: 08 Oct 2023 18:49
by Vitesse
CJN904T wrote: ↑08 Oct 2023 07:52
I seem to remember Le Mans 850s getting them - I may have that worng? Did anything else - including modern stuff - ever see a 12V solenoid a la Morini?
I've had several Guzzis and currently have a Mk 2 Le Mans. Always had manual taps. I think the Convert (Automatic) may have had a solenoid or vacuum tap as that was their technological tour de force at the time. That may have had something to do with a friend's one going up in flames back in the 80s.
Re: What else got a solenoid-operated petcock?
Posted: 09 Oct 2023 15:54
by acemorini
I would be interested in the diagrams for my tap.
Regards Pete.