Date:         Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:56:14 -0700
Reply-To:     "Scott G. Terry" <sgterry@ENGINEERING.UCSB.EDU>
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From:         "Scott G. Terry" <sgterry@ENGINEERING.UCSB.EDU>
Subject:      Re: City Water Hookup
In-Reply-To:  <20011023.075904.-572063.1.wilden1@juno.com>
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Stan,

There is a ball-cone spring-loaded check valve in the city water hookup.
The ball tends to get stuck in its seat after prolonged inactivity,
preventing water from passing through.  You can free it by gently pushing a
srewdriver into the approx. 1/4" bore of the inlet.

By the way, proceed carefully if you don't know the condition of the
plumbing between the hookup and the faucet.  You don't want to find out the
connection on the interior side of the city water hookup is leaky after
running the city water for (say) five minutes.

Scott
'85 Westy "Pearl"
Santa Barbara, CA

>I've never hooked up the city water to my Westy in the seven years that
>I've  owned it until the other day. The city water won't flow through my
>Westy faucet.  As always my 12v pump works just fine but the city water
>won't flow through the  faucet. Are there any tricks, regulators etc that
>are required?
>Stan Wilder