

| Subject: | Re: why is water squirting from city hook up |
| From: | Jim Felder |
| Date: | Tue, 22 Sep 2015 23:18:40 +0000 |
It's been a long long time since I had the problem, but I did a careful writeup about it that should be in the archives. Jim On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 6:16 PM Spencer Allen <spencervw@aol.com> wrote: > Thanks for the reply's Jim & all. Thing is I have never used the city hook > up and did a oem faucet replacement about two years ago. So the check valve > in the city hook up, if bad, will cause water to leak from there when I > operate the faucet inside the van? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> > To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Tue, Sep 22, 2015 3:58 pm > Subject: Re: why is water squirting from city hook up > > What I actually mean Stuart is the conglomeration of brass fitting BEHIND > the > hookup that is accessed by removing the screws from the outside of the > vehicle > and pulling it out a bit. Get that out and in a vice and take it > apart. It > could always be split plastic, of course, but that usually > happens first thing > in the spring when the car is put into use after a > freeze. > > Jim > > On Tue, > Sep 22, 2015 at 3:53 PM Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > > Jim, > > > > > > > > I think you mean the hook up, not the faucet. Last time I > looked at a > > Delta Six faucet it was a glued together assembly except for the > knob. > > > > > > > > Stuart > > > > > > > > *From:* Jim Felder > [mailto:jim.felder@gmail.com <jim.felder@gmail.com?>] > > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:31 PM > > > *To:* Stuart MacMillan; vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > > *Subject:* why is water > squirting from city hook up > > > > > > > > I think it's the check valve in the > brass fittings just inside the delta > > six faucet. You can easily take it > apart, clean it and put it back > > together. Just a ball and a spring. Likely no > need to replace it. > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 2:33 PM > Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > That's a bad check valve > in the city water hookup box, which I assume is > > the original Delta Six > design. Time for a replacement, and I highly > > recommend the Go Westy > replacements: > > > > http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23580&category_id=127&category_parent_id= > > > > > It's unlikely to leak into the van, so you could just cap it off with a > > hose > end cap if you don't use city water. > > > > Stuart > > > > > > ---- Spencer Allen > <spencervw@AOL.COM> wrote: > > > Hi all.The last few times I filled the water > tank in my 85 westy and > > then turn on the faucet water squirts out - more like > dribbles- from under > > the flap where you would attach a hose for city water. I > don't think there > > would be much back pressure from the small pump that would > force water out > > at the connection. It dribbles down the outside of the van > but I'm worried > > it also may be leaking down the inside behind the kitchen. > Any ideas on > > this? > > > spencer > > > > -- > > David McNeely > > > > > >
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