Do they have seals to prevent the usual rust caused by water coming in
behind them?

Marc Perdue

On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:

> Garden hose thread on the sink drain.
>
> I like the GW hookups, I have all three.  Both water hook ups use a quick
> connect hose fitting though, but you can still fill with a funnel using a
> short length of garden hose to the funnel.  Make up a funnel with hose and
> quick connect and you're set.
>
> The main improvement is there is no spring in the flap hinge, the doors
> hold themselves open and closed.  It was the spring on the Delta Six covers
> that rusted out and broke, allowing the covers to flap in the wind and
> eventually break off.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Dave Mcneely
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 1:10 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 1991 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile water faucet fail
>
> Also, does anyone know where I can get a cap for the sink drain (under van
> cap).  The tether was broken on mine, and I laid it down somewhere and
> drove off.  Going to paint the new one and the tank drain cap some bright
> color (or wrap them with a bright color tape).  I don't think I can get a
> pvc pipe cap with proper thread pitch.
>
> ---- Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
> > Well, fwiw, my pump is now working.  I shorted the connector under the
> sink, and the pump still did not run.  I lifted the pump from the tank,
> spun it by hand, shook it, and put it back in the water.  Shorted the
> connector again, and the pump came on.  So, reconnected the wires, turned
> the spigot on, and voila, water flowed.
> >
> > Now, another question.  Wife wants the tank and water lines sanitized.
>  Who knows (Alistair?) how much chlorine bleach to add to the tank, and how
> long to leave it before thoroughly flushing the system?
> >
> > Also, my water inlet cover (called a hookup by all the vendors, but it
> is not really, just a filler inlet) is cracked.  Are the "redesigned" ones
> from GoWesty better than Delta Six as claimed, or not?
> >
> > mcneely
> > ---- Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
> > > Thanks Abel.  Yes, the panel lights up when I flip the switch.  That
> was the first thing I did, before checking the fuse on the pillar behind
> the driver's seat.  So that tells me that the tank level senser (such as it
> is, I did learn that the middle lamp lights between a quarter full and
> three quarter's full, so not a great indicator of water level) is working.
>  Well, I'd better get to it, that's only one of many little jobs today (why
> do the little jobs always turn out to be big jobs when I do them?).
> > >
> > > mcneely
> > >
> > > ---- Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > > > well if theres water in the tank... take out the flase loor in the
> > > > flat cabinet giving you access to the wires attached to the tank.
> > > > put your faucet in the ON position and then go in the tank area
> > > > and make sure all of the connections are good. if the faucet
> > > > starts to run when you move a wire/connection then that was the
> culprit.
> > > >
> > > > I had a problem with my faucet not working and i thought it was
> > > > the stock faucet going out so i replaced it. still didnt fix the
> > > > problem. I finlly figured out it was a bad ground connection on my
> Aux battery system.
> > > >
> > > > Heres my write up on my issue.
> > > > http://dasmotoclub.com/vanagon-wiring-gremlin/
> > > >
> > > > In my situation the galley light or level indicator panel wouldnt
> > > > turn on either. see if yours turn on. if they do then the problem
> > > > is isolated to the faucet/tank. if the dont turn on then the
> > > > problem is bigger than just the faucet. it could be a simple ground
> for the whole system.
> > > >
> > > > anyways.. hope this helps
> > > > Abel.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 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
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
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