A deep thanks to David Bogle, who forwarded me to www.raritaneng.com .
These folks deal in all sorts of marine stuff; plumbing mostly. They
feature hundreds of 3/8" thick poly tanks made for clear water or gray
water. Further, they are knowledgeable about how to fit this stuff.

The ballpark cost of the tank, if they have one with the correct
dimensions, with custom-placed fittings looks like around $230. If we
wanted a custom mold specifically for our Vanagons, they would do it for
the same price, but would require an up-front order of 25 tanks to off-set
the cost of the mold.

I'll keep you posted.

G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   W. Silva [SMTP:wsilva@CAPECOD.NET]
Sent:   Friday, October 01, 1999 7:02 AM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        PVC grey water tanks...

We were pondering this subject last year.  In many RV Catalogues you can
buy tanks, may sizes, may configurations. Installing it would be pretty
easy. The only thing I can't figure out is how to keep the water from
setteling in the low point - that is from where you come off the gray water
tank, go lower  and travel across the van back up to the sink drain fitting
on the other side.  Water seeks its own level so you would always have
water in the line between the sink and the gray water tank-you wold also
need a "trap" of some sort ( with a clean-out)  or you would constantly
have that "grey water smell" inside you van.You can purchase a slide type
valve made by Valterra at any RV store (or through me) for opening and
closing the "emptying port" so that souldn't be a problem either.  This is
a challange to all you engineers out there......go to it!

Wendy & John
Cape Cod, MA

'85 Westy,   "S-CAPE"
'98 Passat

CAMPERS ON CAPE COD - SEPT 1999