r/Westfalia

Was tired of the wet wipe family shower sessions so I put some time into a shower concept for our road trips. This design uses the 14 gallon existing tank in the van. It uses a waterproof push button to turn the pump on and off. The excess shower hose tucks away under the rear cabinet, a space that we never really utilized. I think it looks clean, what do you think?

I designed and 3D printed the black parts. The rest of the components (pump, shower head, fittings, switch, and hoses) were cheap on Amazon. I can share that info if anyone is interested.

EDIT: Sounds like people like this. The fully list of components is below. As for how its done. Simple 12V submersible pump is put into the existing tank in the van. I use a 90 degree 1/2" barbed bulkhead fitting to transition out of the tank. The wiring I just drilled a hole. Was going to use a grommet for the wire but the tank is THICK and the grommets I had were too thin, oh well. I did all the wiring in the right compartment where all the stock wiring is. I used a hot 12V I put back there for my chinese diesel heater I installed last year. You can run 12V back to this area pretty easily. Just follow the wiring on the switch manual (included with push button switch) and it is fairly straight forward.

3D printed parts here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7378566

Elbow fitting for tank output: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NRCJT79?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Waterproof push button: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZJN8N3H?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Cheap shower head: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091Y35X5X?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Tubing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08SNXDMJ5?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Submersible Pump: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MRR4HGK?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Howdy - we’re tryna fix up my parents old ‘77 westy. Not certain, but since it has an oil filter I’m suspecting it may not be the original engine. I’m having a hard time locating the engine code. Any tips?

Before I hit some samba threads and look at a parts page I figured I'd ask here if anyone has any experience with this.

The sliding door just doesn't want to open. In my unprofessional opinion I think I need to grease door carriers and pivot points. Dry hardware is less than ideal.

My door struggles to get out of the door frame. I have to manually pull on the hinge to get it to open. Is this suppose to just.. sort of fall out of the door frame? Or is it supposed to pop?

Brake Master Cylinder swap today, the pedal would firm up, but then sink to the floor if I sat for too long. Now the pedal is nice and firm!

Has anyone used the Motive Power Bleeder on these vans? I have one, I believe it’s the euro adaptor, but I couldn’t get it to tighten down on the reservoir.

I’m looking to replace my aux air valve but the original ones are wicked expensive, when I look up the part both of these come up. Do they do the same thing? Pic two is what I have on my van

Couldn't have done it without my wife's help. Still needs some wipe downs and further mouse pee mitigation but all in all I'm beyond pleased with how the interior is looking.

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Found a bit of everything, missing what looks like a drawer that goes above the water tank. To ebay I go before pressure washing the exterior this week.

I couldn’t find a single thing on the internet about this, my van does not have seat rails, only the swivel mounts. What can I buy to attach the seats to the mounts? I can jimmy rig something together but I kind of do want the swivels. Any ideas?