Maybe our bottom water tank cap is just a replacement, but our Westy has no
fancy-schmancy negative neutron particle reticulation chamber, or whatever.

It's just a plain old cap, with a washer. When I use the faucet, air gets
sucked in through the little wee hole in the HUGE lid under the rear
cabinet. Can't speak for anyone elses'. A garden-hose-end cap will fit
mine, too. Hardware store. $.89.

G. Matthew Bulley
Minister of Innovation and Efficiency
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
Cary, NC     USA
www.bulley-hewlett.com
(888) 468-4880 toll free

-----Original Message-----
From:   Karl Wolz [SMTP:wolzphoto@ATT.NET]
Sent:   Friday, February 26, 1999 12:08 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: outlet Cap for westy water tanks

Mark,

The cap costs a small fortune at your dealers, but it is the same cap as
used on the older squareback's windshield washer bottle, which is
relatively
easy to find at a wrecking yard.  It has to have a negative pressure
reliefto allow air in as you empty water out, so a soda pop bottle cap
won't
work too well, even if it does fit.

Karl Wolz

-----Original Message-----
From: frank furter <wasserbox@YAHOO.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 8:30 AM
Subject: outlet Cap for westy water tanks

>Hey there all - after lurking for several weeks, I have a question for
>the list
>
>Where can I get a cap to go on the water-tank outlet pipe underneath
>the van?  It is an 87 Westy, and I just remembered about it, as my
>impending trip to Fla. beaches creeps up on me.....
>It almost looks like a soda bottle top would fit - has anyone replaced
>one with the yop off a common household product?
>
>
>Thanks
>Mark
>
>
>
>==
>Mark
>
>87 Westfalia Gl
>84 Scirocco 8v
>
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