[Tanx] Fwd: TA --- vacuum hose leak.

[Tracy Cerrato]

A bit of TA advice from Herm...
Tracy 


> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Hermann Kasper <hermannkasper at hotmail.com>
> Subject: TA --- vacuum hose leak.
> Date: October 15, 2020 at 8:08:51 PM EDT
> To: Tracy Cerrato <tcrrto at comcast.net>
> 
> Hi Tracy---
> 
> The following might be of interested to TA owners. Care to send  it out?
> 
> Today I was on a ride , when the engine started to stutter --again. This had happened before, but it always recovered. 
> Fiddling with the fuel petcock ( ON /RES ) had helped in the past. 
> I thought I might have a partial blockage in the petcock and had planned to take it apart-- as soon as practical (= an almost empty tank.)
> 
> This time fiddling did not help. 
> 
> I rolled to a stop.
>  
> I also was considering an Ignition module failure  . ( I always do carry 2 spare modules on the bike! 😉 )
> 
> Stranded on the road side , I was just about to install the new modules , when I decided to check the petcock first.
> 
> Long story short: 
> 
> the vacuum hose to the carb  had a small tear (= air leak )  very close to one end , thus intermittently shutting off the fuel ! 
> 
> I cut off the end (about 10mm)
> 
> Luckily--the hose was still long enough to function. 
> 
> 
> After that , the engine ran fine again. 👍
> 
> 
> 
> Tomorrow I will get a new vac  hose for the carb!😊
> 
> (After all-- that piece of rubber hose was 31 yrs old!!)
> 
> Herm

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