Fuel tap replacement

jerry · 02-10-2024, 02:40 PM

just filled my 750ss to start it up after refurbishment and the fuel tap has seized up and broken ??? Its 12mm X 1mm Thread . but Ducati cannot supply them any more ,, any reccomendations for alternative ???

I have been looking online but all the ones i see have a mesh filter and tube going into tank and the Ducati one does not as its got pipes for pump inside tank

jerry · 02-10-2024, 04:44 PM

Wow!!!!! actually able to source a brand new original for less than £20 in the post to me now ...

crawsue · 04-10-2024, 03:35 PM

Excellent Jerry, money repaid to bank a/c and new tap in the post….go and buy a lottery ticket….your luck has changed !

Darren69 · 04-10-2024, 03:46 PM

Fingers crossed it doesn't leak ��

jerry · 05-10-2024, 11:44 AM

It doesnt mate ... went out on Thursday around oxforsdshire and Gloucsetershire on the M750 did 207 miles on one tank of fuel thats 14 litres and it went onto reserves yellow light 5 miles from home ,, thats brilliant at least 65mpg ,, and I was not dawdling ,, Yesterday did another120 miles round Wiltshire ,, good days ,, fixing a yammy for my mate today new coils , then a ride in afternoon ..

02-10-2024, 02:40 PM	#1
jerry Old Git Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cricklade Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,898	Fuel tap replacement just filled my 750ss to start it up after refurbishment and the fuel tap has seized up and broken ??? Its 12mm X 1mm Thread . but Ducati cannot supply them any more ,, any reccomendations for alternative ??? I have been looking online but all the ones i see have a mesh filter and tube going into tank and the Ducati one does not as its got pipes for pump inside tank __________________ MONSTERMAN Last edited by jerry; 02-10-2024 at 02:57 PM..

02-10-2024, 04:44 PM	#2
jerry Old Git Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cricklade Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,898	Wow!!!!! actually able to source a brand new original for less than £20 in the post to me now ... __________________ MONSTERMAN Last edited by jerry; 02-10-2024 at 05:47 PM..

04-10-2024, 03:46 PM	#4
Darren69 Transmaniacon MOC Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Sutton In Ashfield Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 6,091	Fingers crossed it doesn't leak �� __________________ Roast Beef Monster! Termignoni and Bucci - Italian for pipe and slippers! S4 Fogarty, S4R 07T, 748, Series 1 Mirage

05-10-2024, 11:44 AM	#5
jerry Old Git Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cricklade Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,898	It doesnt mate ... went out on Thursday around oxforsdshire and Gloucsetershire on the M750 did 207 miles on one tank of fuel thats 14 litres and it went onto reserves yellow light 5 miles from home ,, thats brilliant at least 65mpg ,, and I was not dawdling ,, Yesterday did another120 miles round Wiltshire ,, good days ,, fixing a yammy for my mate today new coils , then a ride in afternoon .. __________________ MONSTERMAN

04-10-2024, 03:35 PM	#3
crawsue Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Glasgow Bike: M1100evo Posts: 277	Excellent Jerry, money repaid to bank a/c and new tap in the post….go and buy a lottery ticket….your luck has changed !