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Old 08-08-2009, 03:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
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1998 Softail new starter.... spins, has spark... now no fuel...

I can get her started with startin fluid... pull can away, she dies.

it rode in here... what the hell!!!!

Please, tips... (yes, there is fuel.... in both tanks, and no... the valve isnt off...
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Old 08-08-2009, 04:15 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Petcock diaphram may have popped, or vacuum line may be off. If that happens, there's no vacuum to oprn the petcock, to supply carb with fuel.....
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Old 08-08-2009, 04:42 PM   #3 (permalink)
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you should write it off and sell it to me real cheap.....haha seriously, dave had you on the right track, would be willing to bet that the vaccum hose to the petock hasnt been put back on.
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