On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, C. Sullivan wrote:

> Except for one little bug: I seem to be short a grey water tank.  The
> "dreaded previous owner" (actually, based on the appearance, the previous
> previous owner) apparently rigged the sink with a piece of garden hose to
> drain directly out the bottom of the Westy.

They all drain out the bottom.

If you go to an RV store like "Camping World", you can buy a portable
greywater tank.  They're blue, and have a cap that will accept a garden
hose.  They generally come with a piece of hose with female fittings on
each end that's about a foot long.  You screw one end to the drain fitting
on the van, the other to the fitting on the tank, then remove the tank's
vent cap.  It works great.

The five-gallon model fits perfectly in the Westfalia luggage rack, if you
don't want to carry it inside the van.  If you stick it up there, though,
you'll have other RV'ers honking and waving, trying to tell you what you
already know.  (That you left the tank on the roof!)

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon