Interpretation ID: aiam0956
Administrative Manager
Kar-Kraft
Inc.
10611 Haggerty Street
Dearborn
Michigan 48126;
Dear Mr. Volberding: "This is in reply to your letter of December 14, 1972, to Mr. Schneide concerning the relationship j of a certain motorcycle fuel control system to Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 123. The system you describe incorporates an automatic fuel shutoff feature with a manual reserve control. You asked whether the fuel control system is permissible under Standard No. 123, and if it must be identified in accordance with the standard."; As Mr. Vinson of our staff advised you, Standard No. 123 does no require a fuel control system of a particular design, but if a manual fuel shutoff control is provided, it must be located and operated in the manner specified in Table 1. Since your system does not incorporate a manual shutoff control, it is not covered by the location and operational requirements of the Table. Table 3 does require identification of the 'fuel tank shutoff valve' which covers all valves regardless of the design of the fuel control system. We have no objection to your proposed method of identification.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel