Date:         Fri, 13 Jan 1995 13:52:19 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Erik Soule"  <erik@henries.nsc.com>
Subject:      Re: Sink pumps

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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