Just a weird thought...how about a windshield washer pump? There are millions of them cheap in junkyards all across the globe.... -Erik '65 Samba, '82 Westy > On Fri, 13 Jan 1995, James Brill wrote: > > > So Dave Kautz says: > > > > Interiors remained nearly identical through the 1973 model year. When the > > pop-top changed in 1974, it was not longer possible to vent the sink > > throught the roof and it was moved to the left <drivers> side and vents > > throught the wall below the passenger window. The water system got an > > electric pump at the same time. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Does anyone know about the chances of said electric pump fitting my > > '71? It doesn't work at all now. Somewhere I have the name of a > > place that sells rebuild kits for these. If a '74 or newer pump would > > fit I could salvage one and then rebuild it. Yes? No? Indifferent? > > > It seems to me that this would be easy to do. I know what you mean > about the manual pump. I bought a rebuild kit from a local RV supply > place, and it worked good for a while, but if it sits unused for any > length of time, then all the water drains out, and it takes a lot of > effort to get it primed again. One solution to this (which I haven't > tried yet) is to get a small in-line check valve (again from the local > RV supply) so the water doesn't drain out. > > Dave > '71 Westfalia & SB >
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