I'm with David on the City water thing.  Last summer I had a sudden (slight)
failure of the plumbing inside the van, resulting in a very soggy carpet
upon returning from a day of fishing.  I have never used it since.  I don't
trust that 10 year old plastic...

(Now if a pressure regulator could be fitted to the hose *before* plugging
into the City Water connection, that might be acceptable...)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of David Beierl
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 3:26 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Water leak from faucet
>
>
> At 18:04 3/23/2000, Steve Sullivan wrote:
> >My original westy water pump (for the sink) was replaced by
> the PO with a
> >monster RV water pump, puts out lots of pressure. I notice
> when I turn off
> >the faucet that water dribbles out the city water hose
> connection on the
> >outside of my '84 Westy. Is this normal?
>
> I don't think it's strictly *normal* -- but I do think it's the usual
> condition, and in fact I think it's desirable.  The city
> connection (which
> I'd personally do away with) has a check ball at the outer
> end, and when
> the weather gets cold you're supposed to press that ball in with a
> screwdriver so the trapped water doesn't freeze and burst the
> fitting.  The
> way I see it, I'd rather not have that column of water
> sitting there for
> months on end, growing weeds or whatever.  Better if it weeps out the
> side.  YMMV
>
> david
>
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
>   http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"
>

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