Amal Ezy Drain
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At the current exchange rate, I made madass140's price inclusive of P&P to be 26.18 of our British pounds, so about £31.42 including VAT? Seems fair, and given the faff I've been going through lately with draining/refilling/draining/etc I'd really have appreciated them, besides the purpose previously discussed, of helping to keep carb interiors clean.L.A.B. said:
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acotrel said:
My Bultaco Alpina would seize up almost every time I hit a main road and got the speed up to around 70MPH. Pull in the clutch, go to the side of the road, wait a few minutes and it was good to go! It did that the whole time I owned it with no apparent long-term ill effects.
Re the EZ drain...I'm not seeing any worthwhile advantage over the OEM screw fitting on the bottom of the float bowl. It looks to me that when you open the valve you will still get gas on your hands just like you do when you unscrew the OEM fitting. If there was a drain hose or something like that to drain the fuel into a cup or whatever, that would seem useful if frequent carb draining is felt to be necessary.
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Well YMMV, but my carbs still have the plastic plugs, which just annoy me, so I've been pondering metal plugs anyway; petrol pouring from that smaller orifice would be easier to catch, too – try as I might, with the larger orifice, petrol always manages to end up other than in whatever I'm holding beneath to catch it; plus I like the idea of a reliable, finger-tight fitting, so I don't need to fumble for a coin or a pipe wrench. So I'm interested anyway.
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Hmmm, I didn't realize concentrics had plastic plugs; I thought they were all knurled brass. That's what was on my original Commando back in the day and it's what's on these concentrics. I readily admit the valve thingie is easier and if it had a little tube to direct the fuel flow, I would definitely buy a set.
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Knurled brass is extra! :wink:
That threaded hole in madass140's plugs is begging for a spigot for a pipe, if it's not too small ... :?:
I still haven't found madass140's plugs on eBay via that item number and a worldwide search, btw ...
That threaded hole in madass140's plugs is begging for a spigot for a pipe, if it's not too small ... :?:
I still haven't found madass140's plugs on eBay via that item number and a worldwide search, btw ...
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Thanks zotz, that works!
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This may be helpful; here is a site, pure-gas.org, which lists Ethanol-free gas stations in Canada and the US:
Welcome to the definitive list of stations that sell pure, ethanol-free gasoline in the U.S. and Canada! We currently have 12809 stations entered for the following provinces and states. Click on a province or state to see them!
https://www.pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=YT
I didn't find a list for Europe, but here is an interesting read:
Ethanol in Petrol: What Classic Bikers Need To Know
...As of today then, most UK petrol is being supplied with 5% ethanol by volume as required under the UK Government’s Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation. In March 2013, the BS EN:228 standard for petrol changed. Though we have become used to a 5% blend, up to 10% of ethanol can now be added by volume...
http://armchairbiker.com/ethanol-in-petrol-what-classic-bikers-need-to-know/
Welcome to the definitive list of stations that sell pure, ethanol-free gasoline in the U.S. and Canada! We currently have 12809 stations entered for the following provinces and states. Click on a province or state to see them!
https://www.pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=YT
I didn't find a list for Europe, but here is an interesting read:
Ethanol in Petrol: What Classic Bikers Need To Know
...As of today then, most UK petrol is being supplied with 5% ethanol by volume as required under the UK Government’s Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation. In March 2013, the BS EN:228 standard for petrol changed. Though we have become used to a 5% blend, up to 10% of ethanol can now be added by volume...
http://armchairbiker.com/ethanol-in-petrol-what-classic-bikers-need-to-know/
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Damn, outdated data is not that helpful. I sent an email to the site owner, as the monthly updates charts are updated with today's date, showing stations added or removed, but not which ones - I asked him if that info is available.
In the About section, this is noted:
Who maintains the data on this site?
YOU DO. The station listings on this site are added, updated and removed by users like you. However, I'd like to thank Jonathan Lathbury, who posts comments regularly, for his hard work tracking down phone numbers, updating GPS coordinates, and doing other things to improve the quality of the pure-gas.org listings. Thanks, Jonathan!
In the About section, this is noted:
Who maintains the data on this site?
YOU DO. The station listings on this site are added, updated and removed by users like you. However, I'd like to thank Jonathan Lathbury, who posts comments regularly, for his hard work tracking down phone numbers, updating GPS coordinates, and doing other things to improve the quality of the pure-gas.org listings. Thanks, Jonathan!
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The owner of the pure-gas.org site replied to my email, and provided this comment:
"The data is not outdated, since it is maintained by users, and receives a ton of traffic daily. Some listings are out of date, some are brand new and accurate today. It's a mix. People do revise listings when they are motivated, but that's not as active an activity as posting or removing them. It isn't GasBuddy, it's a completely "crowd-sourced" site, although Jonathan Lathbury does fix errors and add phone numbers fairly regularly out of the goodness of his E0-smitten heart; there are a couple of other regulars that update listings in their states.
If you look at the details page for a specific listing, you'll see when it was posted and most recently updated....As you can see from the bar chart, pure-gas.org is a very vibrant and active community.
Thanks for checking it out!"
Sam
"The data is not outdated, since it is maintained by users, and receives a ton of traffic daily. Some listings are out of date, some are brand new and accurate today. It's a mix. People do revise listings when they are motivated, but that's not as active an activity as posting or removing them. It isn't GasBuddy, it's a completely "crowd-sourced" site, although Jonathan Lathbury does fix errors and add phone numbers fairly regularly out of the goodness of his E0-smitten heart; there are a couple of other regulars that update listings in their states.
If you look at the details page for a specific listing, you'll see when it was posted and most recently updated....As you can see from the bar chart, pure-gas.org is a very vibrant and active community.
Thanks for checking it out!"
Sam
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