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Date:         Tue, 13 Jul 1999 08:01:09 +0000
Reply-To:     esimes@ASHEVILLE.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Erik Simes <esimes@ASHEVILLE.COM>
Subject:      Re: 3 minute Water Tank Fill
Comments: To: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>

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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