Thanks. That is what i wanted to know and I got her running. Well, at least idling in the garage. First time I've heard her run and it was sweet. I hooked it up the CA way as that is the diagram that I have. Does the non-CA model have the canister underneath the bike? I need to track down a diagram for the non CA model.
> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:00:14 -0800 > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: cb700 California model fuel system question > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Josh: > > The petcock should have a small vaccume line and a larger fuel line. > My shop manual shows the CA vaccume line routing diagram with the > canister /PCV connecting to the ports between each carb and the > engine. On my NON- CA 700S the vacume line goes to the number two > carb port and the other three are pluged with screws. The fuel line > goes directly to the fuel rail "T" between number 2 and 3 carb. If the > petcock does not have vacume from the engine it will not deliver fuel > to the carbs. > > I hope that helps.. > > On Jan 15, 7:01 am, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can't imagine why the fuel would not go directly from the petcock > > to the carbs. It's emissions from the valve cover to the air box > > they did something different with I think. I have a PVC canister > > under the tank, above the carbs on my '86 700. It's between the valve > > cover vent and the air box but it doesn't have anything to do with > > the fuel supply. Graham > > > > On Jan 15, 2010, at 3:26 AM, Josh Dencklau wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm in the process of bringing an '84 cb700 back to life and have a > > > question. My nighthawk is a California model and the repair manual > > > I have must be for the same CA model. I just cleaned the fuel > > > petcock and am trying to get the thing to fire up. The fuel on > > > this goes to a valve then to a canister underneath the bike then > > > back up to the carbs. To simplify things, I'm wondering if I can > > > just rout the fuel from the petcock directly into the carbs and > > > eliminate the canister and the PCV? I'm guessing that the 49 state > > > version doesn't have all of the extra stuff in there. Any help > > > would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > > > > Josh > > > > > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now. -- > > > 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 nighthawk_lovers > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/ > > > group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/--
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