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--- Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> hi,
>
> to get a 3d image of a watertank that fits do the
> following (no direct link
> available)
>
> go to
> www.reimo.de
> click "shop"
> click "wasser und sanitaer"
> hover over "tanks, kanister und zubehoer" and click
> on "einbautanks" in the
> menu popping up
>
> the 4. 5. 6. and 7th article are underfloor tanks
> for the westy. if you
> click on them it shows form and dimension.
>
> hope you can find it.
> flo
>
>
> On 4/17/06, David Wilhite <dlwilhite@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have an 84' Westy that has served me well for
> many years.  However,
> > there were often times when I needed additional
> passenger capacity.  I have
> > finally gotten around to making it a seven
> passenger.
> >
> > I recently purchased an 87' Syncro (which I will
> be parting out by the way
> > & transaxles are already gone), to get a number of
> spare parts and the
> > interior from.  It was a full width seat in the
> back and the 2-passenger
> > middle bench.
> >
> > I removed the rear side cabinet, AC enclosure,
> rear seat, and the water
> > tank storage cabinet.  The 3-person rear seat
> installed with no major
> > problems.  All of the mounting holes, except the
> ones for the upper seat
> > latches are there.  The rear seat folds flat, just
> like the orginal Westy
> > one did, and it stops a couple inches short of
> touching the
> > refrigerator/sink cabinet.  So I now have extra
> wiggle room, when sleeping.
> >
> > It's true what everybody says about the two person
> bench seat fitting in a
> > Westy.  The mounting points for the rails are
> there under the floor and
> > everything mounts up just fine.  I did have to
> take off the driver's side
> > armrest on the bench to give enough clearance.
> The one on the passenger
> > side is still in place.  Of course I can't open
> the fridge door with the
> > seat in place.  But I can open the cabinet door.
> Whenever I'm camping, I
> > plan on having the center bench seat out anyways.
> The carpet and floor
> > insulation took some major cuts/mods to get it to
> fit, since the 2-person
> > bench seat is in a different location.  I'm not
> sure how I'll handle the
> > carpet long term, so that I can slide the seat in
> and out easily.  Right now
> > I don't have the aluminum cover mounted, so that I
> can move the carpet out
> > of the way.
> >
> > What I'm lacking now, is to do something with my
> overhead AC unit, and
> > install a water tank.  I'm partially considering
> removing my fridge and
> > installing the water tank there.  We usually end
> up taking a cooler with us
> > when we camp, because the fridge just doesn't work
> great when it's above 95
> > out and plus, it doesn't hold  much for a family
> of four.  Another option I
> > am thinking about is placing a long narrow water
> tank under the van on the
> > passenger side.  There looks to be quite a bit of
> space there, I'll have to
> > measure it and see what I can find that may fit
> there.
> >
> > I'm sure somebody else has done this too, but I
> don't remember reading
> > about it.  If someone has, and they've covered
> some of the issues I
> > mentioned, I'd be glad to hear what they did, and
> of course, any other
> > suggestions/ideas will also be well considered.
> >
> > Best of all, I now have seven passenger capacity,
> but still retain the
> > stove/sink/fridge conveinence.
> > David Wilhite
> > 84' Westy
> > Middle Tennessee
> >
>

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