The first bit to go in was the output from the main water tank.
There are two of these so assume everything is being done twice!
This then has to go out through the floor of the bin bay and off to the header tank.
Having found these marvellous "tank fittings" I thought I would just use another of them . . .
Unfortunately by the time I screwed an "elbow" fitting onto it the rest of the fittings were too high to allow the water to flow without "going up hill"!!
After much deliberation and searching all the suppliers of plumbing fittings I concluded the only real option was to make one . . .
So . . . Start with a piece of acetal round bar of about the right diameter . . .
Turn one end to about this shape . . .
Then cut the required thread to match all the others ( 1" BSPT)
and because there are two of them, do the other end as well . . .
Cut it in half and drill a hole right through . . .
Then face off to thickness and cut the matching 1" BSPT internal thread
The old and the new are assembled side by side to show the much lower profile achieved by this method
and finally the whole assembly as it will be used.
All I have to do now is cut the hole in the floor and assemble it in place . . .
Famous last words . . .
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