I have a cork in my water filler. Have had for years. Never use it, run the
hose inside. Faster.

Mike

On 5/1/06 7:15 PM, "Jeffrey Vickers" <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM> wrote:

> Why bother with ANY of them?
>
> ---Disconnected my city water hookup (besides being a potential leak
> source, I pray to God I never have to stay in a trailer park long
> enough to warrant its use)
>
> ---Disconnected the water filler (another leak source, a really hard
> to find replacement hose and you can't see the water level when
> you're filling the tank. And what's with that key? Should I be
> worried about rogue Mossad agents poisoning my water tank just for fun?)
>
> ---Planning on disconnecting 110V and moving to inside or underside
> (again--never at a trailer park that long and for topping up my
> batteries when in my garage I'll just run the cord through the window.)
>
> Don't even get me started on how cheesy the Delta Six boxes are. The
> plastic they use on those things would make a Trabant engineer blush.
> $155 for the set at GoWesty? I don't think so!
>
> Anyway, I'd like to find a secure and attractive way to seal those
> openings without having to do any bodywork. Marine stores have these
> great deck ports that have a big old screw down cover but they are
> round not square. What I like about them most is that they are nearly
> flush with the surface they mount to.
>
> Anyone attempted to cork those openings?
>
> Jeff
> 87 Syncro Westy
>
> On May 1, 2006, at 6:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
>> Date:    Mon, 1 May 2006 18:07:47 -0700
>> From:    mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
>> Subject: Re: Curious location change of water, electric vents 85 to 86
>>
>> Why bother with a city water connection at all? Then you can also
>> replace the Westy faucet with the far better ShurFlo . These have a
>> swiveling and pivoting head as well as a very reliable on/off switch
>> knob. The knob also allows control of how much water comes out,
>> letting
>> you conserve it and not make as much waste water either.
>>
>> Mark
>
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