Date:         Tue, 2 May 2006 12:59:10 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Better replacement for Westy faucet
Comments: To: Rob Campbell <mantid@gmail.com>
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Yes, trying to work stainless is big trouble for us driveway hacks. I
use white plastic cutting board, the thinnest I could find. It is
important to drill the new smaller hole in it offset toward the sink so
the faucet can swivel down fully into the sink. I used the 3 original
screw holes to attach my plastic space/adapter.


The city water utility hookup goes unused, as you noted. This provides a
great way to add cooling for the area behind the fridge. When camped and
running the fridge on propane the area behind the fridge gets very warm.
The stock fridge fan cycles to pull cool air in from below the door, up
and out the top vents, inside the Westy cabin. I use the city water door
as a place to put a small exhaust fan, getting the hot air not only out
from behind the fridge but outside the cabin as well.

Mark

Rob Campbell wrote:

> I used the same faucet.  I had two problems: my pump quit working, and
> the nipple at the bottom of my westy faucet broke off.
>
> I replaced the pump with OEM from gowesty (after looking around for
> something similar and not finding it).  I bought the faucet at West
> Marine.
>
> To remove the old hoses (mine were pretty yellow/nasty), I tied the
> new hose to the old with dental floss and a stout needle, then
> threaded the new hose into place by slowly pulling out the old (toward
> the faucet).  This was surprisingly easy, after reading about how
> difficult it could be.  Since I never use the "city tap" connection, I
> sealed it off.  Wiring the faucet is straightforward.
>
> Installing the faucet into the sink was the only part of the project
> which gave me any difficulty.  I used a piece of stainless steel which
> was much harder to work with than I expected.  The link above (
> http://www.gmavt.net/~clarkson/projects01.htm
> <http://www.gmavt.net/%7Eclarkson/projects01.htm>_ ) is much cleaner
> and more attractive than my result.  I just cut the corners off a
> small rectangle piece to make it fit into the corner of hte sink, and
> used the old mounting holes to mount my new "adaptor" plate.
>