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Subject:Re: 1991 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile water faucet fail
From:Marc Perdue
Date:Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:44:53 -0400

Whoa, revelation moment here, maybe. So, if what you all say is true, and
if the whatever sensor that detects whether there's water in the tank is
defective, your pump won't work? Have people had this happen? My pump
doesn't run, there's water in the tank, but I haven't had a chance to get
in there with a meter and troubleshoot it. My sense, from the list, is that
it's usually the faucet switch itself that goes bad. This makes sense to me
as it gets lots of use.

Marc Perdue

On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:26 PM, Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@gmail.com>wrote:

> That's true I noticed this on my 87 after about an hour of head scratching
> and troubleshooting . Added water then it worked.
> On Apr 24, 2014 10:14 PM, "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > Something in back of my mind makes me think the later westies had a
> > interrupt that prevented pump from working when tank is dry. Or am I just
> > imagining that?
> >
> > Alistair
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 24, 2014, at 4:00 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
> > >
> > > I replaced the water line between tank and sink in my camper.  Now the
> > faucet (actually the pump) does not work.  I have checked the fuse and
> all
> > connections.  Everything seems tight, and the fuse is good.  What did I
> do,
> > or more importantly, what do I need to do to find out what is wrong?  I
> do
> > not have a circuit diagram.  Everything worked before, except the water
> > line was full of crud.  Now it is clean, but water won't flow.  I suppose
> > it is just a matter of using a multimeter and finding any broken path.
> >  Lots of wires and connectors it seems.
> > >
> > > mcneely
> >
>