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Subject:Re: Drip, drip, drip -- water tank drain cap
From:Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Date:Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:00:55 -0700

I somehow managed to lose mine.  Found a replacement at a wrecking yard on
the windshield washer tank of an old Squareback.  It's been working fine for
twenty years or so.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
|Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:40 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Drip, drip, drip -- water tank drain cap
|
|Mine drips a bit. I come from desert camping background and water leaks
|are just not okay with me.
|
|The cap is a three-part construction: two plastic cap parts, and an
|elastomer ring captured between the two pieces. This latter provides a
|seat for the lip of the tank drain outlet. The ring seems a bit mooshed.
|
|I was thinking of replacing the seal with an o-ring, but it doesn't seem
|doable w/o disassembling the cap, and the two plastic parts are not
|looking like they would get with the program without breaking.
|
|Anyone dealt with this already?
|
|--
|Rocky J Squirrel
|84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
|74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
|Bend, OR
|KG6RCR

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