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Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:28 am

Hey all.

After years of driving split buses, i've finally stepped over to the bay side and am buying a 79 Westy tonight.

The only thing the camper interior needs, is a water tank and faucet. I've searched here and other places, but can't find any info on how the water tank and everything hooks up. Anyone have some diagrams or anything that can show me what and where things hook up? Is there supposed to be a fresh water tank and a waste water tank? Where does the sink drain, etc, etc.

Thanks

Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:47 am

sink drains to the outside. im not sure about setup diagrams. ratwell will know.

Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:03 am

Tank drains through a hole in the floor directly below the tank. Pump screws onto the bottom of the tank and attaches to two wires that may still be in place. I rarely use my sink so I'm not sure I would bother trying to replace the tank, pump, and faucet. I have never gone so far as to remove one, but I can certainly appreciate the extra space in the cabinets without the tank. Good luck.

By the way the hookups will be slightly different if you have the deluxe camper with the city water hookup or the non-deluxe without city water.

Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:05 am

By the way number two: there is only one tank. It supplies the water and there is no holding tank. If you get all the parts the hookup is straight forward.

Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:30 am

I have a few photos here: http://homepage.mac.com/ratwell/Parts/PhotoAlbum22.html

Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:14 pm

Hey thanks guys!

It does have "city" water on it. I saw Bus depot sells the correct faucet for that, so that shouldn't be too much problem.

Since the sink drains out the bottom of the bus, I don't see myself using that very often. Seems you'd have a puddle coming out from under your bus from that could 'ruin' a good campsite. Anyone ever made a holding tank under the bus for this reason? I might think about doing that.

Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:52 pm

Eaallred wrote: Seems you'd have a puddle coming out from under your bus from that could 'ruin' a good campsite.
That's what buckets are for. Good old VW busses have lot of clearance for one.

Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:54 pm

Sometimes the answers are so simple..........
:x

Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:52 pm

ratwell wrote: Eaallred wrote: Seems you'd have a puddle coming out from under your bus from that could 'ruin' a good campsite.
That's what buckets are for. Good old VW busses have lot of clearance for one.

anyone know of a place to get a NOS waste water bucket???? :lol:

Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:45 pm

I'm sure I've seen that bucket at my dad's house. How does $50 sound? It's made by a Hazet plastics subsidiary and the last time I saw them at Bad Camberg they sold out right away. It goes awesome with a red Coke cooler on the top of your bus.

Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:11 pm

I have only seen the original here....

http://www.john-perry.com/vw/stool.html

Personally I use one of those cat litter square buckets. Lot cheaper!

Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:40 pm

Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:30 pm

Randy in Maine wrote: Personally I use one of those cat litter square buckets. Lot cheaper!

I've got to try one of those. I've got a couple of round buckets in the camping stool, but a square bucket would probably fit better.