Today's adventure

Started at a Limbo members house. A number of VW folks gathered there last night for a night of fun prior to today's Volks Fair in Shrewsbury MA.

Even a few Vanagons on a trailer destined for Virginia based collector who has over 400.

Headed over to show site. Helped do some set up and watched the cars roll in

This white 67 was my favorite of the show.

Then it was time for some fun with my kid

Bought him a kayak last year, just gave it to him today as I felt his swimming skills were good now.  He took to the kayak immediately and was paddling quite well.  Slid the kayaks back into the van (on a tarp) and headed for home.

Good day in the VW.

Have a sinking feeling . . .

Had a ShurFlo faucet in my garage that was destined for installation.  Finally got around to installing it.

Here is how it went:

First, I read the directions and realized they were almost useless. My faucet was operational, just wanted a bit more than than the on/off functions.

 

I removed the three screws that held down the base.  Lifted it up and looked at the connector.  Opened the cabinet and removed the stuff on the top shelf.  Simple enough.  

Disconnected the power to the faucet at the connectors.  Then disconnected the hose fitting. 

Test fit the new faucet in the hole to see the direction of the bottom fitting, then realized it was adjustable and I could direct it in any position I required.  Cool.  This meant I really only needed to be wary of kinking the supply line.  

As per the kits supplemental instructions for the city water hook up, I cut the supply line and installed the check valve against the rear used a couple loom clips against rear wall to support it and keep it out of the way.

The hard city water supply line was the difficult line - would not flex the way I wanted and with the flared end, I did not want to mess around with cutting and reforming. It's only slightly off vertical, thereby maintaining the check valves operational integrity.

Connecting the other end of the line was simple enough.  Slid right on and clamped down securely.  Connected the power, zip tied the line away from the cabinet space, and proceeded to secure the faucet.

I used a dab of silicone around the base of the adapter plate and around the base of the faucet.  With all this new tech at my disposal: I will want to play and water could get everywhere.  Silicone just ensures that water will not drip down on top of my battery maintainer located in cabinet below.

Last thing I did to complete the sink modifications was to cut out a piece of cutting board to fit in the well of the sink.

I will have to get back to you folks on the dimensions, but here it is:

I prefer to use the flexible cutting boards when camping, as they easy serve the purpose and double as a funnel when everything is chopped up. But I had this board around for this exact purpose, so I felt it necessary to do.