You can use the back winshield cleaning fluid tank cover in an
emergency.  Same threads.

On 7/15/08, Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> I'm in the middle of a trip, and I just found my water tank dry and
> drain plug gone. I'm in Banff, and was going to head into the rockies
> in a day or two.
>
> For a permanent solution I will order a real plug with the right thread.
>
> Question is: Is there some non-destructive solution I can use to have
> water in the tank for the next week?
>
> I was thinking to wind electric or rubber tape around a wine cork until it
> fits, and try to plug the drain pipe with that, but I'm afraid it might fall
> out.
> Another alternative is to find a boat drain plug to fit from the inside of
> the tank. A marine store would have such things, but sadly Banff is nowhere
> near the sea...
>
> Any better ideas? There are two grocery stores in Banff and a too many
> souvenir stores. I didn't find a hardware store yet, though there might be
> one.
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
>
>
> --- On Mon, 7/7/08, The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> wrote:
> From: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
> Subject: Re: Drain plug
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Received: Monday, July 7, 2008, 10:26 AM
>
>> First, I have to respectfully and emphatically disagree with
>> Mike Miller on using a hardware store supplied plastic water
>> pipe cap on the Westy Fresh Water Tank Drain Pipe.  12 years
>> ago I made this mistake that cost me dearly when I had try to
>> find a another tank because the SAE sized cap and threads
>> literally obliterated the drain pipe threads which are both metric.
>>
>> VW 253 070 285 - 34mm -
>> Parts Fiche (ignore ETKA) says 80 thru 85, but I've
>> encountered this size up thru early 88 models.
>> VW 255 070 802 B - 35mm
>> Parts Fiche (again ignore ETKA) says 86-91, but again, I've
>> found this to be pretty spotty thru 88, but quite consistent
>> on 89-91 tank pipes.
>>
>> Both are sadly obsolete by VW & Westfalia
>
>
> I have suitable replacements.
>
> Early:  http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=253067285
>
> Late:  http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=255070802B
>
> We list the break as sometime in 1987, which is more accurarte than '85.
> There is no doubt that '86 used the early style. Still, like Jim, I have
> found the break point to be "iffy."  I have seen late '87 models
> that took
> the early cap, and at least one early '87 that took the late cap. It may be
> that Westfalia was using whatever happened to be on the shelf in '87 and
> it's not a clean break at all.  The difference is so minor that it's
> impossible to tell with the naked eye, making it a coin flip knowing which
> to order if you have an '87.  (One option is to order both and return the
> 'wrong' one.)
>
> - Ron Salmon
>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>   www.busdepot.com
>   (215)  234-VWVW
>
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