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That's quite the offer. Thank you for that! I have one ordered from MG cycle, so I'll pass. At least now you know where it is!

I can solder just fine, but the two wires are really close together and I only have about an 1/8" stub protruding. I'll have to put a small heat shield between them. After reading about these things, I see how they are problematic. Such an important part with pansy ass wiring.

Peeled out epoxy around wires to expose broken wire stub. Not sure I can get a good solder joint with what I have to work with. I'll try though. Ordered the manual one from MG. If it ain't one thing, it's another.

Just did a search on this. Seems to be a many faceted problem. Wonderful. I've got a plan.

Update...ran all new fuel lines and installed new filter. Thank to Scud's compatible parts list finding the filter was easy. Airbox cleaned out and everything cleaned up. Connecting the last jack from the fuel solenoid I noticed one wire had broken off at the bottom of the unit. SO NEAR YET SO FAR! I know the solenoid unscrews from the petcock. I looked at my other 2001 sport and it doesn't seem to have a wired solenoid on the petcock. Why would that be? And more importantly, what to do now? I knew those wires were fragile and I took care but they are almost 25 years old.

So @docc, the tube that is on the tank with the check valve on it looks like it goes to the tank vent. Those are on the right side. The left one that had nothing on it looks like it goes to the overflow inside the filler neck. There is no way that hose in the last pic goes to that nipple, way too short. But the smaller hose that is laying to the left of the fuel pump is the one that should be connected to the overflow nipple. It has the length, but no clamp, so maybe it fell off some time ago. It wasn't connected when I lifted the tank a bit to look what all was under there before attempting lift-off. Funny thing is, that hose that was in my last pic still had the SS pinch clamp on it. Once they are clamped, they never come off. I'm still at a loss to where that one went.

Looks pretty neat there Phil, but I think I'll just rejuvenate what I have. Thanks for that pic! Also, never thought about the hoses drying out when they sit like you mentioned. All the more reason to replace them. New hoses won't do that. They were a little brittle at the ends.

Yep, I think you're right on that. Looks like the BMW fuel filter is shorter than the stock one, so they just pulled the hose to the nipple to fit it on. It will be new and longer. New filter going in too.

McMaster-Carr?

...see no landing point for it.

At this point I'm going to replace gas lines. No reason to ignore that with everything off. Here is a pic of another tube not landed that was under the air box. I assume this was evap stuff? I thought it could be airbox drain, but see landing point for it. The 8v airbox has drains that drop down close to ground, but they are plugged to prevent oil on the tire. This one daylights to the same spot, but no plug. It's not connected up top though.

After having my 2001 Sport languishing on the stand for way too long, I finally have the whole rear end put back together with new uni joints. There were some little roadblocks along the way with the new crosses because they were not exactly the same as the old ones, but I worked it out and it should be history now. I will explain in more detail in another post. So I was anxious to give it a road test and while it was still on the stand I figured I would fire it up. It hasn't been running in a couple years but I had last drained all the fuel and replaced it with non-e and it has been run through the system. It started up pretty quickly and as it was idling I noticed a gas was dripping out onto the stand, a pretty good amount. Shut it down immediately and cleaned it up. This was not good. Turned the key on to start the pump and saw drips again, so that was enough of that. I couldn't see where it was leaking from but it seemed higher up under the tank. Today I removed the tank and looked closely at everything. I removed the tube from the left side fuel solenoid valve (some diagrams call this a fuel cock?) that connects to the inlet side of the fuel pump. I think it could have been leaking there because of the hose condition but not sure since this would be the suction side. The hose ends were not the most pliable and seemed dried out a bit. The male barb coming out of the rear of the pump had some corrosion and pitting which didn't look great. You can see that in the close up. So I am still not sure of the cause. I will replace tubing. A few questions... - The hose that runs around the top of the spine is squished. That doesn't look too good. Right? Is that from tank deformation? - The small rubber hose to the left of the pump that is not landed looks like the remnants of an evap system that was removed. That hose daylight under the engine. That can go bye bye, right? - When I was trying to remove the hose from the fuel solenoid valve, I noticed it starting to move. After taking off the tank, I unscrewed it all the way and noticed there was no gasket. Is that just relying on compression to seal? - The tank underside has two hose barbs coming out. One has a tube connected to the old check valve that I assume was part of the evap system. The other bard is open and not connected to anything. I don't have a clue if that is correct. Doesn't seem that way. - Lastly, the fuel filter seems to be a bmw unit, so I assume it was changed at some point. The tubing is Gates. Worm drive hose clamps are used throughout. There were not on the bike from the factory, right?

One thing to include is a first aid kit and a tourniquet. Gauze, big bandages and tape are more important than band aids. Bandaids are always in my wallet. This stuff hardly takes up any space and weighs almost nothing. When I pack up the Stelvio it is the last thing to go in. Stays right on top. Since I ride alone mostly IDK how well I could administer to myself, but I have one nonetheless. You just never know.

Sounds like most of us could benefit from a little Swedish Death Cleaning...that includes me. Yes, it is a thing.

And if the Tenni ever needs a new home, @docc might know a place.

There is that old saying...I could fill in the blank with fishing, duck hunting or motorcycle stuff. When I go, I hope my wife doesn't sell my ________ stuff for what I told her I paid for it.

It was a good day for it.

No gas was passed during reassembly.