Fuel Leak

Woosh, a lot of gas if you don't drain the tank first.

Skyking, the last two bikes I worked on and had to pull the unit out of the tank they came out in one piece. The fuel gauge sender unit in the Harley repair manual for my softail shows a plate at the bottom with torx screws and the wires are attached to that. You have to remove the entire plate If you don't have the HD service manual I would suggest investing in one as mine shows the steps to remove it.

I bought a Valkyrie Interstate back in July, just because I got it so cheap. Anyway the bike started cutting out when the fuel would hit about 1/2 tank. So tonight I pulled the tank dumped out the gas and pulled out the petcock from the bottom of the tank. The fuel filter for them is up inside the tank, and someone had added a second fuel filter from a 1500 Goldwing in line to the carbs. The initial fuel filter had some crude and debris on it so I cleaned it real good. Removed the second filter (not needed). Installed a new air filter that I stopped and picked up on the way home. The old one was pretty dirty. They even put the air filter under the tank which means when you replace the filter you gotta pull that 7 gallon tank off and it better be low on fuel as its heavy. Put everything back together and runs great. I know what you feel like though as I don't have a shop manual for this bike and it was play it by ear removing everything.

OK under the tank you'll find a connector on that wire, disconnect it from the main harness, you can remove the wires from the connector if you wish but it's not necessary this allows you to pull the gauge up farther.

The fuel gauge comes out as a unit so you can pull it out, a little wiggling will do the trick, once it's out note where the wires go to the terminals,

Remove the nuts and wires be careful not to drop them.

let the guage hang over the side of the tank, wrap it with a cloth to keep from denting or scratching tank.

Under the gauge will be some screws holding the cap for the gas tank float.

Remove them and the float and replace the gasket and reinstall.

that is a way to do it.....or out one of the petcocks............or stand back and put a 45 hole in it,,,,,,should run out real good through that!!!
chuck

if gas is not comming out the pet **** it is blocked by something. take a small wire and see if it goes allthe way into the tank.......the best way is to remove the petcock completely from the tank, that gas should flow now....and either rebuild the petcock or replace it. if gas doesnt flow with the petcock removed, i bet the tank was sealed with a sealer and it has fallen across the opening.....hope this helps
chuck