
The brass 90 degree fitting
also from the RV store and keeps a short piece of hose from
kinking.

For looks , I tried to keep the
fitting in the center of the folds of the outside alunimum. Of
course if you are keeping everything original, you might not
want to do this. Just passing along some thoughts.

And,
added by Nancy K., I was going to do this with my '69's rebuild,
but then opted to not put water back into the trailer. I had
purchased a space saving 6 gallon water jug at Walmart to use
for my project. It's turquoise!

From
Gail & Jeff Fisk: We did not want to use the
original water tank as it just looked gross
so Jeff ran water lines to two plastic
jugs under the sink, where the original heater had been. We don't
use propane so we removed the
heater but kept the access door to get
to the plastic tanks. One is
clean water and the one from the drain
is obviously the gray water. If
you go to the grocery store and get a 2
gallon container of water it
fits perfectly next to a blue container
you get in the camping dept of
WalMart. They sit one in front of the
other. I also bring my own
water from home (in those collapsible
jugs) in case I run out but only
do this when we are on a week long trip.
We added a sink in our Scotty
bathroom,
and it is plumbed the same way
- two jugs. All you have to do is lift
them out to empty or fill. We
have used this procedure for two years
and it works great. He also has
plumbing to the faucet so that if we
ever go to a campground with water
we can use our white marine hose and not
have to pump water. Another
nice thing is I can see when they get a
little funky looking and throw
them away or in the case of the gray water jug,
I
can bleach it. We get a new one for
clean water about three months
plus it comes already filled.

Under
the kitchen sink. Area is lined with rubber and there is a drain
in case anything leaks. Gray water jug not shown.

The
bathroom sink
From
Eric: I tried dreaming up lots of options on my 72
Highlander, I ended up just plumbing it with dual 2" PVC
pipes, so it can hold about 2-3 gallons on the road,
and I picked up a Thetford SmartTote tank to hook up while at the
campgrounds. The clearance under the trailer just seemed too tight
for a tank, and I wasn't about to chance puncturing a shallow one.
(note
from Len: 2" ID pvc will hold .1632
gal per foot. So a 5 gallon capacity would require 30' of pipe)
View
of the rear valve 1"1/2 connection comes
over from
the sink "gray water" the double run allows
for some temporary
storage while on the road.
From
Don: I
bought a large round oil change thingy that fits under the Scotty
nicely. However
we have never used the sink (yet).
I
bought it at Advanced Auto, on sale. Around $10
or less. It seals and you can pick it up and carry it away. It
is probably 30" in dia. and 4" deep, so it holds
quite a lot. It also has
a pour cap.