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vwwestyman
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 Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 6:36 pm Post subject: Leaky Westy Faucet Fixed |
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My faucet has leaked where it joins the sink for years.
I was sure I'd read here that there was no way to repair it, and that the new ones don't fit the sink with a lid, so I just lived with it.
Well, one time this summer, my friend tried to turn on the sink and accidentally pulled the spout right out! He thought it was a kind of pump deal.
Well, I looked at it more closely and found that there is just an o-ring in there, and the spout is held in with a metal ring.
So I found an o-ring that I had laying around that fit the spout fairly snugly, then used a screwdriver and hammer to seat the metal ring.
Now, it doesn't leak!
I only have the one pic, but you can see the o-ring at the end, and the metal ring. I would think that you could probably carefully pull up on the spout and work that metal ring out to change your o-ring.
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1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
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furgo
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 2:07 am Post subject: Re: Leaky Westy Faucet Fixed |
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Thanks a lot for posting this, and glad it worked out!
Here's another link to a Westy faucet restoration from the eche_bus thread that I've also used as a reference in the past.
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jquillen
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:18 pm Post subject: Re: Leaky Westy Faucet Fixed |
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Thanks for posting this guys! I have the same leaky faucet issue and finally decided to remove the faucet, soak it in vinegar and try and figure out the leaky issue. I assumed it was probably some sort of seal issue. Now I know what to do!
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vwwestyman
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