theresa
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from Northern Maine ~ Proud new owner of Lola, a 1960 Shasta Airflyte and Pearl, a 1962 Mobile Scout
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Post by theresa on May 17, 2020 6:38:59 GMT -8
I have a '60 Airflyte that was pretty molested by the time I received it. I'm trying to determine how I'm going to configure things when I get it put back to together. I'm reusing the old skin so I need to utilize holes. I am not putting in a water storage tank at all, so that leaves the hole in the front street side that I need to cover somehow, even it it's just put the gravity water feed inlet back on for aesthetics. I am changing to the Furrion 30AMP electrical inlet, so I need to modify that hole. And I believe that Airflytes of this age had the city water inlet underneath and the drain on the side? That sounds very backwards to me. I was thinking of putting a chrome city water inlet on the side, like this one Ebay City Water Inlet or the one from VTS (currently out of stock). Can anyone show my photos of their water setup like that? Inlet on the side, grey water drain either through the floor or just into a jug under the sink? |
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Post by danrhodes on May 17, 2020 9:14:36 GMT -8
I didn't put the city water hookup back so I sealed the holes with waterproof tape and covered them with circular louvered eave vents that I painted to match the skin. It's not a great look but it does seem "intentional" vs an ugly patch of some type.
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nccamper
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Post by nccamper on May 17, 2020 9:36:03 GMT -8
Funny you ask about this, I just put the drain system back together this morning.
Top is just the vent and the bottom the sink drain. As you said, water inlet underneath just forward of the wheel well. I think it seem backward too but I guess if the hose connection leaks it won't run down the camper wall.
In hindsight I wish I had used a Studor vent instead.
On our Forester I put the inlet on the side and the drain underneath. Sorry the photo isn't closer.
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Ten
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Post by Ten on May 17, 2020 10:00:08 GMT -8
(Sorry about borrowing the photo, mine are all lost on photobucketrobber...)
On the inside, the sink drain ran through a P-trap and directly out through the wall. There was an elbow that fit to the outlet (shown in photo) and mine had a plastic tube about 18 inches long or so, that kept drain water from contacting the trailer. It was the definition of simplicity. In the early 60's it was common to run the grey water right to ground. It can also be run to a jug or portable tank.
One of the problems I encounter with my 16SC is that there is not enough clearance underneath the outlet to drain into the portable tank, and this arrangement really lends itself to easier access to handle the sink drainage.
The city water inlet was a rigid pipe with hose fitting on the end, which was not a hard reach and was easy (because of the rigid pipe) to screw the hose to. Inside was a piece of copper tubing that went directly to the single faucet. Again, simplicity.
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