Date:         Thu, 16 Aug 2001 23:00:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Chris Smith <chris.smith@AQUILA.NET>
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From:         Chris Smith <chris.smith@AQUILA.NET>
Subject:      Re: For those of you awaiting your #@$%$  watertank fill outlets.
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I have all 3 replacement inlets on TURD.  The water-fill is not as nice as
the old one, but easier to fill when camping away from a hose.  The city
water scares me too much to use since every campground seems to have 200psi
water pressure and I know it will trash the connections somewhere while I
sleep allowing me to wake up, jump down and land on soaked carpet.  The
electric inlet has broke 3 times, twice I sent it back to Ron who replaced
it with no hassles.  The last time it broke I looked closely and discovered
that the hypersonic weld was done too quickly.  A little time with a
soldering iron fixed it well.  If it goes again I'll design my own.

The trouble is that VW used a single manufacturer to supply the parts.  If
you want something better be prepared to hack the van, design your own, or
see if another list member is willing to market something.  If you look at
modern RVs they often have a large compartment for the A/C inlet.  To
duplicate this you'd have to be willing to give-up some serious space
inside.  Just because it's VW OEM doesn't mean it's good.

Chris Smith
Head Slave