With regard to the water fill issue, maybe someone can help me troubleshoot
my own '89 Westy.  No obvious obstructions when I completely remove and look
behind my inlet, yet when I go to fill my water tank all of the water spills
down the side of the van (and none at all into the tank). To fill the tank I
must insert a garden hose directly into the tank itself.  This condition
occurred out of the blue when I went to fill my tank one day; prior to that,
the side inlet functioned just fine. Help???

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  http://www.busdepot.com
  (215) 234-VWVW

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of S Sittservl
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 2:04 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Westy Water Tank Fill
>
>
> I picked up an "E-Z Water Fill", made by Valterra, from my
> local RV place.  It's similar to the water fill a few others have
> described - attaches to a hose, and has a valve and a clear
> plastic fill tube with an angled tip.  (Camco makes one of those
> that's widely available; I used to have one until the valve broke.)
> What's different about the Valterra is that the tube is narrower -
> it's narrow enough to slip easily between the struts and through
> the rubber one-way valve on the Westfalia water tank filler (on
> my '88, anyway).  With the fill tube pushed past the valve, the
> tank fills quickly, with no spillage (except that I usually wait for
> the water to gush out before I shut off the valve).
>
> I also use the fill tube as a funnel for putting in diluted bleach (for
> cleaning) or Micropur (to keep the water fresh, from CampingWorld,
> www.campingworld.com) .
>
> My original Camco did OK too, but it was a bit more awkward to
> shove past the valve.  Camco has a web site at www.camco.net,
> with a picture of their filler.
>
> Valterra has a web page at www.valterra.com, but there's
> not a lot to see there.  They do say they're Y2K compliant, though,
> so I guess my filler won't suddenly start spewing 100-year-old
> water after December.
>
>                                        -Steven Sittser
>