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Re: [VAL] Water pump question



Ha.  At least you HAVE plumbing!

I recently got home with my new '72 Overlander.  Our first airstream.  We've
nicknamed it the 'Silver Turd', as it is a bit scary and smelly  at the
moment.  She has potential, and most everything is in working order, just
dirty and dusty .  The plumbing however is a hodgepodge of the grey mobile
home water lines, black & white pvc drain lines, and lots of cut and twisted
copper pipe laying around.  There's so many open ended connections I have no
idea what the previous owners were doing.  In short, please figure yours
out, because I'll be asking questions about what goes where when I start
ripping it all out and starting from scratch.

> Okay, here s a question.  I have a  72 25-foot Trade Wind.  Earlier
> this week I went on a short two-day trip and the place I stayed
> offered only  primitive camping  at a tractor show.  By the way, I
> was the only Airstream there and also probably the oldest camper on
> the property.
>
> Anyway, I had loaded everything and was all set to accept the
> isolation from air conditioning etc.  The big problem came when I
> couldn t get the water pump to work.  I got it to work okay a couple
> of years ago but haven t needed it since.  I suspect I didn t have
> the valves set properly.  I m not sure just which ones should be open
> and which ones should be closed when I m using the on-board water
> supply.
>
> There are three valves under the galley sink and two more at the rear
> curb side.  The two rear are supposed to be used to drain the lines.
> I m not sure about those under the galley sink.  Lots of lines under
> there and all seem to be connected together.  Hard to see in that
> tight little space.
>
> What am I not doing wrong?
>
> Dick & Rose Ann Harold
> Noblesville, Indiana
> 1972 Airstream Trade Wind
> WBCCI #8551