today i'm going to be fitting a water tank in rebecca's volkswagen crafter campervan conversion
she's around here somewhere oh there she is what let's fit this water tank
so i've managed to convince rebecca to buy exactly the same water tank that i've got in my
Mercedes sprinter campervan and the reason i like this tank is because it's square and it's easy
to fit as well and it comes in a kit and in that kit you get all the pipe work you need
to fit a water tank let's open it up and have a look see what we get in a kit
stop making me laugh so when you get this tank it's
wrapped up in cardboard but all the good stuff is actually inside
we get a piece of braided tight for
breather get a filler cap let's try another drop in there
i fill a hose
one meter
what's this oh this attachment is for the breather hose
this is for the filler this goes on top and the nice thing is because it's nice and square like
this you can pretty much fit these where you like any position around the tank that's entirely up to
you my arms are the wrong shape for this
this is the pickup pipe for the stand pipe so we make the hole in the top and then we run a pipe
from here down to the bottom of the tank and that's our pickup pipe goes to our water pump
also in the kit comes two keys for your locking water cap after all we don't have
nasty people putting foreign stuff in our water tank don't we yeah that holds this tank in place
up in your feet here comes bob satellite bob hello bob hi he's always a comedian
yeah i was born on the stage i was a brush hand but what a brush hand a brush hand on the stage no
idea what it is well i used to work in theater oh in fear top yeah right oh so you're used to being
in front of the camera because i have and then i was given a brush hand a brush and a brush off
there's your chest there's no chest yeah there's no money in it
but royalties won't matter this time how far have you got now we're just
fitting this water tank will it fish all right yeah yeah yeah i'll show you the tank is gonna go
there like that oh like that it's as simple as that i'm going to use these tie downs this is our
valley in mine yeah so i'm going to use these tie downs bump these to the floor all right okay
one each end i'm going to put um wooden battens around it to hold it in place remove the battery
yeah a lot of battery holder and then use a ratchet strap through these tie downs all the
way around it ratchet it down hold it in place so if ever it needs to come out it's easy to remove
yeah absolutely yeah i couldn't agree more yeah do you like that is that i do like that yeah
it's being as your first one you've done i think you've done a good job yeah yeah yeah i'm learning
so after our rude interruption by bob the builder i've sent him off to make a cup of tea by the way
so see how long that takes anyway now i've got my battens in place with me tie downs
in place it's time to fit the fittings and all these fittings what we need to do
i don't do this this is for the filler this is where our water is going to be filled into the
tank i need to drill a hole in the tank the same size as this and then simply put lay
in the tank and screw it up from underneath and that's why this tank has this great big
hole inside this hole is to allow access for our nut to go inside and up when we
finally decide where we're going to fit this i've already decided where i'm going to fit this
i'm going to put it in this top left-hand corner right hand corner the other left
now to cut our hole we simply use a hole saw this hole saw's meant for wood but plastic will be okay
so what i need to do is select the right size
choose our right size
i think that one will do
now we need to remove the rest of these off of this whole saw
and it really is as simple as that it's just a matter of placing the tank in situ
and then working out whereabouts you want this filler in relation to the top right about there
oh
all right now don't worry about all these little bits of plastic because once we've
finished drilling and making holes in this tank we're going to flush it through with fresh water
there you go perfect and where's that washer there it is
we put our hand through
he says it's really simple honest maybe i'm doing that a bit that's better
that's slight i'm having this at a slight angle like that because that filler is going
to go at the back i'm going to put the filler in the top of the sink unit next to the sink
just like i did in mine there you go really simple no silicone required by the way the
seals do all the ceiling there you go this is our inlet pipe this is our breather pipe
this is our pickup pipe on the other end of this is a piece of this pipe now i haven't just simply
attached this to the other end because if i did that as you can see the natural curve of the pipe
it wouldn't actually be in the water so when you put a piece of pipe like this on the end of your
standpoint make sure you force it round and have it so it's on the bottom of the tank like this
rather than let it do that because in the end it'll end up going up and when the water gets to
a certain level you won't be able to pick up all your water so always make sure you force it around
and force it on the bottom of the tank so it sits like that and that way you know you're going to
be able to empty your tank completely right so now we've got to do is rinse this tank out get a
hose pipe in there give it a good slosh around rinse it out and then we can fit our cap on
there and fit the tank in place now all the little plastic shavings that have gone inside this tank
if i fill this tank up with water those plastic shavings will eventually float so by putting the
tank on its side like this filling out with water giving it a good squirt around inside all those
plastic shavings theoretically should simply just float out so that's what i'm going to do
give it a good full of rinse all at the top
and inside all
it chill with around
and you'll see all the little plastic shavings come floating out
oh there you go look if you can get the camera in there can you see the plastic on top
i don't think there's any more left in there
be prepared to get a little bit wet during this process
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so now we've got all our pipe fittings fitted all that's left to do is to place the lid or the
inspection hatch on the side now a lot of people commented on my video when i fitted my tank that
this would leak if it was on its side and that's not the case actually i'll just take this off
these inspection lids have this huge
rubbery seal i mean look at the thickness of that and as long as you do this up tight enough
there's no way that's gonna leak and i can assure you that mine does not leak whatsoever
but obviously you don't do these up hand tight like that
get a nice big pair of grips extend them out to their full capacity
right get it in now and then you can really get it in all right and give it a good twist against
there's no way that's going to leak now
i'll bet any lunch on that would never leak all right so let's get it in place and strap it down
yeah so there you go that is a really simple way to fit a water tank into your camper van
now if you like this video make sure you check out this video up here
where i installed a similar tank in my camera thanks for watching tala for now
am i in shock yeah it's up to the end of the door okay see you video