Don't forget to consider plugging 'er from the top side.  Just be careful to
choose a tape/cork/other that won't have deleterious effects on  ye water in
zee tank!

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Peter T. Owsianowski <
pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> Pete
> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
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