Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 08:01:09 +0000
Reply-To: esimes@ASHEVILLE.COM
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From: Erik Simes <esimes@ASHEVILLE.COM>
Subject: Re: 3 minute Water Tank Fill
In my opinion an easier solution is to fill it
from inside of the Westy through the top of the
tank! This is what I do.
> And no dripping down the side!
>
> So here's the solution (at least for my 90
Westy Syncro):
>
> I went to a hardware store and bought brass
fittings that make the
> transition from 3/4 inch hose threads to a male
nipple that fits into 1/4
> inch inside diameter tubing (3/8 inch O.D.). I
pushed about 6 inches of
> clear plastic (potable quality) tubing onto the
brass nipple and trimmed the
> free end at about a 45 degree angle.
>
> This construction is pretty much the same as a
RV water tank filler tube
> except that the tubing is much smaller. The
critical part is that the tubing
> is small enough to fit through one of the
openings in the baffle just inside
> the filler hole. Seems that this baffle has a
rubber flap that inhibits
> water that is just poured onto it with a hose
from the outside. But the tube
> gets past the baffle so that the water that
comes through the tube is
> totally unrestricted. I can literally fill my
tank in about 3 minutes! And
> no drips unless you try to over fill the tank.
>
> The exact fittings that I used starting from
the male fitting on the end of
> the hose are:
> 1 - 3/4 inch female hose threads to male 3/4
inch pipe thread (brass)
> 2 - 3/4 inch female pipe thread by 3/8 inch
female pipe thread bell reducer
> (brass)
> 3 - 3/8 inch male pipe threads by 1/4 inch (I
think) tubing nipple (brass)
> 4 - 6 inches 1/4 inch I.D. by 3/8 inch O.D.
tubing
>
> Other fitting combinations are possible. The
only important thing is to get
> from hose threads down to a tubing with a 3/8
inch outside diameter. Most
> any hardware store should be able to set you up
with some combination of
> fittings that will do the job. I choose brass
instead of plastic because I
> am sure the brass is potable quality, and not
so sure about some of the
> plastics.
>
> To make the filler even easier to use you can
buy a small plastic valve that
> fits onto the end of a garden hose (in the
garden section). It has female
> hose threads to on one side to fit onto the
hose and male hose threads on
> the other end that fit into the first of the
brass fittings listed above.
>
> This really works great to solve a pain in the
B_T problem.
> Good Luck,
> Bill
> 90 Westy Syncro
> Lake Tahoe
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