It's a matter of to much water pressure from the outside. Many people sell the item, here is the listing from GoWesty http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GVW-25660&Category_Code=cg-h20 Good Luck On Aug 12, 2006, at 2:25 PM, William Treadway wrote: > Bought a new (to me) 90 westy syncro > Running through the systems, I noticed that the sink faucet allowed > outside water to run regardless of knob position. > Bought a "new" faucet assy from Bus Depot and installed it. Same > issue. > Faucet works fine on internal tankage but when you hook it up to > external water, the faucet cannot shut it off. > Here is the really strange part. > I took the replaced faucet and blew into the feed for external water > and the valve kept me from blowing through the faucet when it is in > the off position. I am sure that I installed the new faucet because > the wiring harness sheath is much longer on the new one than the one > I replaced. > I did notice what MIGHT have been mung on the water threads of the > replacement faucet. > Is there something I overlooked or did I get a bad faucet... or am I > in some parallel universe? > ______ > Bill Treadway > Broker Associate > John Daugherty Realtors > 281-639-4444 Direct > 281-850-8141 Cell > 832-550-2615 Fax |
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