Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 23:18:40 +0000
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: why is water squirting from city hook up
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It's been a long long time since I had the problem, but I did a careful
writeup about it that should be in the archives.
Jim
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 6:16 PM Spencer Allen <spencervw@aol.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply's Jim & all. Thing is I have never used the city hook
> up and did a oem faucet replacement about two years ago. So the check valve
> in the city hook up, if bad, will cause water to leak from there when I
> operate the faucet inside the van?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tue, Sep 22, 2015 3:58 pm
> Subject: Re: why is water squirting from city hook up
>
> What I actually mean Stuart is the conglomeration of brass fitting BEHIND
> the
> hookup that is accessed by removing the screws from the outside of the
> vehicle
> and pulling it out a bit. Get that out and in a vice and take it
> apart. It
> could always be split plastic, of course, but that usually
> happens first thing
> in the spring when the car is put into use after a
> freeze.
>
> Jim
>
> On Tue,
> Sep 22, 2015 at 3:53 PM Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com
>
> >
> wrote:
>
> >
> Jim,
> >
> >
> >
> > I think you mean the hook up, not the faucet. Last time I
> looked at a
> > Delta Six faucet it was a glued together assembly except for the
> knob.
> >
> >
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* Jim Felder
> [mailto:jim.felder@gmail.com <jim.felder@gmail.com?>]
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:31 PM
> >
> *To:* Stuart MacMillan; vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> > *Subject:* why is water
> squirting from city hook up
> >
> >
> >
> > I think it's the check valve in the
> brass fittings just inside the delta
> > six faucet. You can easily take it
> apart, clean it and put it back
> > together. Just a ball and a spring. Likely no
> need to replace it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 2:33 PM
> Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > That's a bad check valve
> in the city water hookup box, which I assume is
> > the original Delta Six
> design. Time for a replacement, and I highly
> > recommend the Go Westy
> replacements:
> >
>
> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23580&category_id=127&category_parent_id=
> >
> >
> It's unlikely to leak into the van, so you could just cap it off with a
> > hose
> end cap if you don't use city water.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> > ---- Spencer Allen
> <spencervw@AOL.COM> wrote:
> > > Hi all.The last few times I filled the water
> tank in my 85 westy and
> > then turn on the faucet water squirts out - more like
> dribbles- from under
> > the flap where you would attach a hose for city water. I
> don't think there
> > would be much back pressure from the small pump that would
> force water out
> > at the connection. It dribbles down the outside of the van
> but I'm worried
> > it also may be leaking down the inside behind the kitchen.
> Any ideas on
> > this?
> > > spencer
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >
> >
>
>
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