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Subject:Re: Filling water tank when no hose is available (GoWesty connector)
From:Mike Riley
Date:Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:37:38 -0400

kind of defeating the purpose of having a outside fill, eh?
 lets see
1 remove table
2 remove crap from cuboard
3 find scewdriver
4 unscrew panel
5 unscrew lid
6 slop water everywhere tring to pour it in
7 do 1 to 5 in reverse order

much better 
thanks

mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
To: mkriley@FUSE.NET, vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Sent: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:56:26 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Filling water tank when no hose is available (GoWesty connector)

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.

 

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Mike Riley <mkriley@fuse.net> wrote:

> Speaking of the GoWesty utility inlets they had some good ideas but missed
the boat!

> How are you supposed to fill the tank when there is no pressure water
available?

> More seriously they are using the same 2 cent foam gaskets that do all the
driver’s side seam damage! I was thinking of gearing up to make these in
silicon rubber of there is any interest.

> mike

 

Stuart

’85 Westy with the Go Westy hook ups.

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