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OAP Ted's CB400F2 rebuild - engine not run for about 12 years.
mattsz:
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--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on September 05, 2020, 05:16:41 PM ---I really can't see what or why there is a difference in the original part though for USA/ Canada markets 🤔🤔It could always be an error in the original parts list translation, there are plenty of them in the parts manual.
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I can't either. The "multi" parts manual I referenced earlier even has a separate "exclusive parts for each area" section which details some of the USA F2's idiosyncratic differences - like the single-stayed front fender, the different foot brake and shift linkages, the exhaust header attachment collars, the hideous fuel filler "door" - and the apparently non-serviceable (riveted?) petcock...
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Have you asked the 400/4 owners on the USA forum what tap they have fitted?
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Nope! :D
I hadn't given it any thought - until just a couple of days ago when my brand-new (but cheap aftermarket) petcock I got from 4into1 demonstrated its inability to keep fuel in the tank...
AndyD:
Got me a bit worried again now...
I've got three 400 tanks and all have a 20 x 1.5mm thread on the underside but everyone I check with only do a 16mm tap for the 400.
Googling to extreme boredom the only option I could find was one from the US - from 4 into 1 - which I ordered and is somewhere in transit at the moment.
Real pain if this turns out to be no good
Cheers,
Andy
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: AndyD on September 05, 2020, 06:31:42 PM ---Got me a bit worried again now...
I've got three 400 tanks and all have a 20 x 1.5mm thread on the underside but everyone I check with only do a 16mm tap for the 400.
Googling to extreme boredom the only option I could find was one from the US - from 4 into 1 - which I ordered and is somewhere in transit at the moment.
Real pain if this turns out to be no good
Cheers,
Andy
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All this mystery with the fuel taps is telling me to respect the original one I have fitted to my 400/4. There are enough dramas going on in the world at the moment without me getting in a tiz over a tap 😁😁😁😁
mattsz:
--- Quote from: AndyD on September 05, 2020, 06:31:42 PM ---Got me a bit worried again now...
I've got three 400 tanks and all have a 20 x 1.5mm thread on the underside but everyone I check with only do a 16mm tap for the 400.
Googling to extreme boredom the only option I could find was one from the US - from 4 into 1 - which I ordered and is somewhere in transit at the moment.
Real pain if this turns out to be no good
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4into1 sells 2 different size petcocks for 400's: the 20mm x 1.25 for '75-'76 models, and 14mm x 1.0 for '77 models - both "genuine" Honda and aftermarket currently in stock for both sizes. The 14mm one fits my '77 USA tank. Do you know which size you ordered?
AndyD:
Matt
It’s a m20 x 1.5 aftermarket tap - no idea why it’s so hard to find.
Cheers
Andy
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