Yes!  VW bus creativity wins again.

This would be a strategy I could get behind.

Last summer I stopped to see a 73 bus at a local garage that flips cars of all kinds.  The man was taking everything out and tossing it away.  I suggested he keep a few things as I pulled out original VW bus items out of the trash and handed them back to him.  He had gotten the bus out of a storage place on a Craig’s list ad.  He got it rally cheap. 

Anyway there was a large gallon sized bottle of 1980’s vodka in the bus and I’m pretty sure it had a sink.  Possibly the storage treatment of choice?

I hope that bus found a more informed owner. 

Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto 

> On Jun 13, 2019, at 11:03 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
> 
> Or … if it does not get freekishly cold where you are, pour a half-gallon of vodka into the tank in-lieu of the antifreeze … then you do not have to worry about flushing the system before the first camping trip next season.
> 
>> On 13-Jun-2019, at 23:57, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
>> 
>> Eric:
>> 
>> You can drain the tank, then pour in a gallon of anti-freeze {The kind made for RV/marine/household {potable} water systems, not what goes in the radiator ;-)} and run the faucet until the antifreeze flows forth.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 13-Jun-2019, at 21:34, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Mark,
>>> 
>>> Mine failed by leaking but I think it was operator error.  I didn’t drain the lines completely and I think they froze.  I’ve taken better care and the replacement didn’t fail. 
>>> In my case just draining the tank isn’t enough I need to get the water out of the entire system to avoid damage by freezing.
>>> 
>>> Eric Caron 
>>> 85 GL auto 
>>> In sometimes cold VT.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 13, 2019, at 8:29 PM, Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Last Sunday while camping, if you can call it that in Seward, AK, we
>>>> suffered a faucet failure.  In August of 2017 I installed a Shurflo faucet
>>>> and new water lines into my `87 Westy Syncro.  Shortly after I noticed it
>>>> would leak a little from time to time but could not identify if it was at
>>>> the flange where the faucet neck meets the housing or out at the end of the
>>>> faucet.  Sunday afternoon I found out as my son was attempting to do the
>>>> dishes and the entire faucet end of the housing blew off spraying water
>>>> everywhere until he turned the pump off.  I was wondering if anyone has had
>>>> this happen with theirs or did we just get lucky?
>>>> 
>>>> Mark in AK
>>>> `87 Westy Syncro