This also gives you a chance to inspect and clean out your tank with a good scrubbing and disinfectant!  

My tank was a biology experiment gone berserk when I bought the van.  It was about a quarter full when the faucet was broken off and it sat in the Eastern Oregon sunshine for a year, and then here in the damp Northwest at a repair shop for 18 mos.  Scrubbed and bleached the biomass out of it and it's fine now!

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: mcneely4@cox.net [mailto:mcneely4@cox.net] 
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 12:21 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM; Stuart MacMillan
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Filling water tank when no hose is available (GoWesty connector)

---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: 
> Fill it from the inside. Just remove the cover over the tank and 
> unscrew the 6” lid.  I use a my 2 ½ gallon folding water jug.  Much 
> easier than using the funnel I used to carry with the stock hook up.  
> Use a little silicone sealer on the gaskets.

In fact, that is how I fill the tank whether with a hose or a jug.  I have a five gallon jug with a spigot.  I can rest it on the lip of the cabinet above the tank, open the spigot, and drain the water into the tank.  If using a hose, I have a valve that fits on the end of the hose, so I can control the flow.  Much better than trying to fill through the outside port.  That is very slow.

mcneely