Mine was free at the wreckers.  Walked around poking and prodding and came
up with a pocket full of odd parts like relays and such, along with a couple
more major items.  "Eh, the pocket full of crap is free; at least you showed
it to us, which is more than most do!"

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
|Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 6:24 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: Drip, drip, drip -- water tank drain cap
|
|Roger VanTill wrote:
| > Looks like BD carries new ones.
|
|Srsly? Lemme go look ...
|
|... I can't find it. Must be well-hidden in a non-obvious category. I
|know that Terry Kay has 'em for thirty-five simoleons. I could buy, but
|would like to repair.
|
|The leak appears to come from the gap between the two plastic parts,
|which the rubbery gasket should seal under compression, but that gasket
|doesn't seem to be as interested in doing that as it did when it was a
|youngster.
|
|Peter T. Owsianowski proposes epoxy, which could be smeared over the end
|to seal the two parts together; I painted my cap bright yellow with
|spray paint for plastic -- to reduce chance of losing the thing -- and
|so the epoxy would be adhering to the paint, not the plastic, no telling
|how well the paint is gummed to the plastic.
|84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
|74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
|Bend, OR
|KG6RCR
|David Beierl has a cool suggestion to use RTV gasket compound and
|Vaseline to form a new gasket, and I'm predisposed to favor anything
|that involves Vaseline.
|
|--
|Rocky J Squirrel