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RangerBob YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 21	Did the petcock conversion 10/27/08 at 18:17:55 The savage wouldn't run on "on" or on "reserve" but got to where it would only run on "prime". I followed the directions stored on the board, and now the savage is running great. I wanted to thanks all involved in storing this information. Bob.
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savagespence Junior Member Offline NEEEWBIE!! Posts: 52 Nashville,TN Gender:	Re: Did the petcock conversion Reply #1 - 10/27/08 at 18:21:09 I did the 660 raptor conversion and love it!!
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seviersavage Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 364 Smoky Mountains Tennessee Gender:	Re: Did the petcock conversion Reply #2 - 10/27/08 at 18:28:19 Did mine today, more peace of mind knowing thats one less problem down the road. Seviersavage
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Moofed Full Member Alliance Member Offline ...and the engine just gleams... Posts: 148 Bloomington, Indiana Gender:	Re: Did the petcock conversion Reply #3 - 10/27/08 at 21:11:01 Yeah, I did and like the raptor petcock too. Makes getting the tank on and off effortless compared to the little-back-little-sideways-little-twist-lots-of-scratches method. Now I just need to remember to turn it off at the end of a ride!
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Did the petcock conversion Reply #4 - 10/27/08 at 21:45:18 Don't forget to turn the fuel on before the ride also. I did that several times with my Harley manual petcock. Quite embarrassing.
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srinath Serious Thumper Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5349	Re: Did the petcock conversion Reply #5 - 10/28/08 at 11:44:56 That means ... a lot of savage petcocks are available ... cheap ... to free ... OK so ... anyone wanna get rid of one ... Cool. Srinath.
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Re: Did the petcock conversion
Reply #6 - 10/28/08 at 11:55:34

One day I'm going to get up the nerve to buy a 1982 GS1000 diaphram to see if it will work.

The '82 GS1000 petcock looks almost identical to ours , only it has the rear plate mounted 90 deg turned. I figure the screen is different too.

Here's a link to one on ebay , but not the best picture,
see: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GS550-GS650-GS750-GS850-GS1000-GS1100-PETCOCK_...

Also, the Diaphram on ebay ('82 model) looks very much like ours.

see: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SUZUKI-GS1000-GS850-GS750-GS650-GS550-PETCOCK-...

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seviersavage Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 364 Smoky Mountains Tennessee Gender:	Re: Did the petcock conversion Reply #7 - 10/28/08 at 11:56:49 I put mine in the marketpace, got a bite but not a word back yet. Seviersavge
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Reply #8 - 10/28/08 at 12:02:04

Oh ... the on/off petcock that will work, and never ever intervene with the frame on removal ... I know for sure ... GS500 tank petcock.
Its got 2 lines out of it, on and res, but its non vacuum and its opened with a screwdriver/key. The GS 500 frame petcock is the vacuum operated one.
A kawi vulcan 750 one also will fit and work, but kawi petcocks are total crap.
Cool.
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srinath Serious Thumper Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5349	Re: Did the petcock conversion Reply #9 - 10/28/08 at 13:51:36 seviersavage wrote on 10/28/08 at 11:56:49: I put mine in the marketpace, got a bite but not a word back yet. Seviersavge I thought it sold ? Cool. Srinath.
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Reply #10 - 10/28/08 at 19:24:46

[quote author=5B5C4D4D4451280 link=1225156675/0#10 date=1225246822]T Mack 1 - FSO wrote on 10/28/08 at 11:55:34:

One day I'm going to get up the nerve to buy a 1982 GS1000 diaphram to see if it will work.

The '82 GS1000 petcock looks almost identical to ours , only it has the rear plate mounted 90 deg turned. I figure the screen is different too.

Here's a link to one on ebay , but not the best picture,
see: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GS550-GS650-GS750-GS850-GS1000-GS1100-PETCOCK_...

Also, the Diaphram on ebay ('82 model) looks very much like ours.

see: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SUZUKI-GS1000-GS850-GS750-GS650-GS550-PETCOCK-...

If I recall correctly, the bolt holes on the base are further apart. The 1000 takes the same petcock as my 850, but I am not sure about the diaphragm in comparison to the savage. I tried to rebuild the petcock on my GS, but found that that way lies madness. After two attempts, I just gave up and bought a new one. I wanted to ride.

The next time mine goes, I think I will put the raptor petcock on. That diaphragm seems to fail too often.

srinath, if seviersavage doesn't still have his, I think I have my old one floating around the garage.

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Jay Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1445 Fort Worth, Texas Gender:	Re: Did the petcock conversion Reply #11 - 10/29/08 at 03:38:45 Put a Raptor petcock on mine. No problems.
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srinath Serious Thumper Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5349	Re: Did the petcock conversion Reply #12 - 10/29/08 at 07:19:00 Steely shoot me a $ ... You're not talking GS500 petcock are you ... cos that GS500 petcock is actually a straight on fit and its a super small one ... It only has 2 lines, not 1 and is opened with screwdriver/key tip ... but it should work well ... I'll put up a pic. Cool. Srinath.
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Re: Did the petcock conversion
Reply #13 - 10/29/08 at 11:11:51

Rangerbob, did you mean you did the mod to the stock petcock or installed a new one? I did the stock mod while attempting to narrow down the source of my over-richness at idle but not sure I'm happy with it. Anybody do the stock one and notice the fuel flow is much less? I have an inline fuel filter and it doesn't stay full now while I ride like it did previously. Didn't seem to affect the ride yet so I guess the carb is getting enough fuel, just don't feel like getting stranded. Maybe I too will pickup a raptor one if nobody has any input on this.

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seviersavage Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 364 Smoky Mountains Tennessee Gender:	Re: Did the petcock conversion Reply #14 - 10/29/08 at 12:25:46 Srinath, Yep, sold. My inline filter wasn't staying full all the time either- high usage would overtax it. Will see if the 660 keeps up. Otherwise it's a filter problem. Seviersavage
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