Date:         Thu, 1 Jul 2010 19:42:32 -0400
Reply-To:     "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Drip, drip, drip -- water tank drain cap
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com>
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Read somewhere - probably this list that the back hatch washer fluid
container cap is the same thread and can be used in a pinch.

On 7/1/10, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:
> I somehow managed to lose mine.  Found a replacement at a wrecking yard on
> the windshield washer tank of an old Squareback.  It's been working fine for
> twenty years or so.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> |Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
> |Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:40 AM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: Drip, drip, drip -- water tank drain cap
> |
> |Mine drips a bit. I come from desert camping background and water leaks
> |are just not okay with me.
> |
> |The cap is a three-part construction: two plastic cap parts, and an
> |elastomer ring captured between the two pieces. This latter provides a
> |seat for the lip of the tank drain outlet. The ring seems a bit mooshed.
> |
> |I was thinking of replacing the seal with an o-ring, but it doesn't seem
> |doable w/o disassembling the cap, and the two plastic parts are not
> |looking like they would get with the program without breaking.
> |
> |Anyone dealt with this already?
> |
> |--
> |Rocky J Squirrel
> |84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> |74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> |Bend, OR
> |KG6RCR
>

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