Date:         Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:02:13 -0700
Reply-To:     Brent Christensen <sbsyncro@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Brent Christensen <sbsyncro@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Need 84 Westfalia Sink Drain Part
Comments: To: Richard Kunkel <rkunkel@KPBX.ORG>
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The P-trap is a pretty standard RV part.  You can usually buy a "kit" from
an RV shop that has the trap, drain cup & strainer, and a hose for about
$20.  Everything but the trap and hose are usually junk, though.  My p-trap
developed a crack, and in order to remove it, I had to take a hack saw to
the inside "throat" of the drain, creating a "split" so that I could crush
the whole assembly and remove it from the sink.

The problem is that I have not been able to find a replacement drain that
will fit flush with the bottom of the sink - they all sit up too high, and
won't drain completely.   Royal PITA.   My advice is to *try* and replace
the P-trap without destroying the drain fitting which attaches from the top
side.

Cheers,

Brent Christensen



----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Kunkel" <rkunkel@KPBX.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 9:24 AM
Subject: Need 84 Westfalia Sink Drain Part


> Bus Depot does not carry it.
>
> It is an ivory color, cup-shaped, plastic, nipple-endowed, sink-waste
collector
> piece that attaches the bottom of the sink drain assembly to the drain
hose.
> The open part of the cup faces up and attaches (by mini wing nuts) to a
> similarly colored plastic piece that interfaces with the metal of the
sink.
> That top plastic piece is in fine shape, but the nipple on the bottom
piece,
> where the drain hose attaches, has snapped off the collector cup.  That
entire
> bottom cup-with-nipple piece (under the wing nuts) is the part I am
looking for.
>
> Can anyone help me?  Spouse insists we can't go camping when the sink
water
> simply emptys into the pantry cabinet.  It makes the macaroni noodles
soggy.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dick Kunkel
> Spokane WA
> rkunkel@kpbx.org
>