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Date:         Fri, 25 Apr 2014 17:59:52 -0400
Reply-To:     Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: 1991 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile water faucet fail
In-Reply-To:  <CAEwp_cQ=q5TEr7+XpZK_srotZD-ZrgCKZ+bGO+O_yk755kVAFg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Mark ,


        I ordered the hose hook up from Van Cafe and it is the GW model.  It comes with a gasket very much like the original one.  You can also get just the gasket if you want to replace that.
Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto Westfalia 
finally out of the barn for spring fun 




On Apr 25, 2014, at 5:06 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:


> Do they have seals to prevent the usual rust caused by water coming in
> behind them?
> 
> Marc Perdue
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Garden hose thread on the sink drain.
>> 
>> I like the GW hookups, I have all three.  Both water hook ups use a quick
>> connect hose fitting though, but you can still fill with a funnel using a
>> short length of garden hose to the funnel.  Make up a funnel with hose and
>> quick connect and you're set.
>> 
>> The main improvement is there is no spring in the flap hinge, the doors
>> hold themselves open and closed.  It was the spring on the Delta Six covers
>> that rusted out and broke, allowing the covers to flap in the wind and
>> eventually break off.
>> 
>> Stuart
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>> Of Dave Mcneely
>> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 1:10 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: 1991 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile water faucet fail
>> 
>> Also, does anyone know where I can get a cap for the sink drain (under van
>> cap).  The tether was broken on mine, and I laid it down somewhere and
>> drove off.  Going to paint the new one and the tank drain cap some bright
>> color (or wrap them with a bright color tape).  I don't think I can get a
>> pvc pipe cap with proper thread pitch.
>> 
>> ---- Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
>>> Well, fwiw, my pump is now working.  I shorted the connector under the
>> sink, and the pump still did not run.  I lifted the pump from the tank,
>> spun it by hand, shook it, and put it back in the water.  Shorted the
>> connector again, and the pump came on.  So, reconnected the wires, turned
>> the spigot on, and voila, water flowed.
>>> 
>>> Now, another question.  Wife wants the tank and water lines sanitized.
>> Who knows (Alistair?) how much chlorine bleach to add to the tank, and how
>> long to leave it before thoroughly flushing the system?
>>> 
>>> Also, my water inlet cover (called a hookup by all the vendors, but it
>> is not really, just a filler inlet) is cracked.  Are the "redesigned" ones
>> from GoWesty better than Delta Six as claimed, or not?
>>> 
>>> mcneely
>>> ---- Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
>>>> Thanks Abel.  Yes, the panel lights up when I flip the switch.  That
>> was the first thing I did, before checking the fuse on the pillar behind
>> the driver's seat.  So that tells me that the tank level senser (such as it
>> is, I did learn that the middle lamp lights between a quarter full and
>> three quarter's full, so not a great indicator of water level) is working.
>> Well, I'd better get to it, that's only one of many little jobs today (why
>> do the little jobs always turn out to be big jobs when I do them?).
>>>> 
>>>> mcneely
>>>> 
>>>> ---- Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>> well if theres water in the tank... take out the flase loor in the
>>>>> flat cabinet giving you access to the wires attached to the tank.
>>>>> put your faucet in the ON position and then go in the tank area
>>>>> and make sure all of the connections are good. if the faucet
>>>>> starts to run when you move a wire/connection then that was the
>> culprit.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I had a problem with my faucet not working and i thought it was
>>>>> the stock faucet going out so i replaced it. still didnt fix the
>>>>> problem. I finlly figured out it was a bad ground connection on my
>> Aux battery system.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Heres my write up on my issue.
>>>>> http://dasmotoclub.com/vanagon-wiring-gremlin/
>>>>> 
>>>>> In my situation the galley light or level indicator panel wouldnt
>>>>> turn on either. see if yours turn on. if they do then the problem
>>>>> is isolated to the faucet/tank. if the dont turn on then the
>>>>> problem is bigger than just the faucet. it could be a simple ground
>> for the whole system.
>>>>> 
>>>>> anyways.. hope this helps
>>>>> Abel.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Whoa, revelation moment here, maybe. So, if what you all say is
>>>>>> true, and if the whatever sensor that detects whether there's
>>>>>> water in the tank is defective, your pump won't work? Have
>>>>>> people had this happen? My pump doesn't run, there's water in
>>>>>> the tank, but I haven't had a chance to get in there with a
>>>>>> meter and troubleshoot it. My sense, from the list, is that it's
>>>>>> usually the faucet switch itself that goes bad. This makes sense
>> to me as it gets lots of use.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Marc Perdue
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:26 PM, Abel Longoria
>>>>>> <houstonphotog@gmail.com
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> That's true I noticed this on my 87 after about an hour of
>>>>>>> head
>>>>>> scratching
>>>>>>> and troubleshooting . Added water then it worked.
>>>>>>> On Apr 24, 2014 10:14 PM, "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Something in back of my mind makes me think the later
>>>>>>>> westies had a interrupt that prevented pump from working
>>>>>>>> when tank is dry. Or am I
>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>> imagining that?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Alistair
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Apr 24, 2014, at 4:00 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I replaced the water line between tank and sink in my
>>>>>>>>> camper.  Now
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> faucet (actually the pump) does not work.  I have checked
>>>>>>>> the fuse and
>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>> connections.  Everything seems tight, and the fuse is good.
>>>>>>>> What did I
>>>>>>> do,
>>>>>>>> or more importantly, what do I need to do to find out what
>>>>>>>> is wrong?  I
>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>>> not have a circuit diagram.  Everything worked before,
>>>>>>>> except the water line was full of crud.  Now it is clean,
>>>>>>>> but water won't flow.  I
>>>>>> suppose
>>>>>>>> it is just a matter of using a multimeter and finding any
>> broken path.
>>>>>>>> Lots of wires and connectors it seems.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> mcneely
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> David McNeely
>>> 
>>> --
>>> David McNeely
>> 
>> --
>> David McNeely
>>
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