Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 07:33:35 -0700
Reply-To: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
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From: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject: Re: 3 minute Water Tank Fill
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I've done both.
I guarantee you it is easier (and faster) to fill the tank from the outside
(using my filler tool described in post yesterday) than it is to fill from
the inside.
IMHO
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
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From: esimes@asheville.com <esimes@asheville.com>
To: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 6:08 AM
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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