Our new Trailer 1975 Scamper

[Zacvv]

Hello,

Here are some pictures of our new trailer that we have done a little bit of work getting it ready for this season.
I have just took out the old water pump to see if it was the reason why the water does not work on 12v. I tried this pump with direct 12v from the battery with nothing at all.....
Where and what should i be looking at to get a new little pump? It has a really small little tank so im not into spending alot of money on a massive pump.


Anyways here are some pictures of our trailer. Let me know what you think

[Zacvv]

Would i need to turn the switch on evertime i need water?

[Zacvv]

No this is a small plastic tank looks stock i think. SO a sureflow water pump would be sweet...

[Golden_HVAC]

Hi,

Cool looking trailer. Remember back in the 70's, sometimes the water tank was made of steel, and there is a air compressor. That will pressurize the tank, and then water comes out of the faucets. If you have a plastic tank, then it would be connected to a water pump that has a built in pressure switch, and will run just like the systems in use today.

If you need to replace the steel tank with a plastic one, you might find one here. Tank-Depot.com Then you will require a demand type water pump. Look for a SureFlo rated around 2.2 - 2.7 gallons per minute.

If you "Plan" on using the existing steel tank, first check out the tank, and make sure it is not full of rust, (or leaking water or air) before investing the time and money to replace a air compressor or something.

Also you will typically have a factory installed "Converter". Modern RV's since about 1990 have electronic converter that in reality is a battery charger, and can accept anything from about 95 volts to around 135 volts, and will properly charge the battery at 13.8 volts, then drop back to a holding voltage around 13.2 volts.

Your converter will have two circuits. One might be a 40 amp circuit that is running from a fixed winding transformer, so with 120 volts in, you might get 13 volts out, and higher input means even higher output, and more frequent light bulbs overheating and burning out. 105 volts in means dim lights. The second circuit might be 5 or 7.5 amps (pretty small number) that is a dedicated battery charger coil. Also poorly regulated, it is a small coil to limit the amount of water it will boil out of the coach battery once it is full. However it is a VERY slow charger, and back in the 80's it was common to use a portable battery charger if recharging from a generator to speed up the process to less than 8 hours.

Have fun camping!

Fred.

[Wagonqueen_Truc]

love vintage... congrats

[Zacvv]

Not that im aware of... It has a pump.
It is very strange the little tank has a T join just outside the outlet that had one hose going to the pump the other went to an old destroyed valve on the outside. Im thinking that this used to be a way to empty out the tank when not in use.
It seemed like it had been leaking so this outside valve been destroyed by sun and age is making me think it was just this.

[Francesca_Knowl]

Zacvv wrote:
Thanks for the advice how are you using the small tanks for gravity feed? Up high in the cabinets? Just a valve and a hose?

I just really dont wana screw around with the water tank we have to take water to the sink to wash up and what not.

Where should i buy one? Are they automatic when the tap turns on?

Most folks would laugh- I keep a half-dozen of these filled with water. One fits nicely on a shelf above my dinette, and when I stick one up there I jam a piece of tubing on it that goes to a bracket above the sink. At that end there's a "faucet" consisting of a shutoff from an old water jug. Works like a dream!

Per buying a replacement electric pump: any RV place would have them. But I have to ask:

Doesn't your trailer have a "hand pump" feature right there at the sink? Most from that era do/did (my own present trailer is a 1978, so I know whereof I speak). Hope yours does, because even though you'll only get a couple of ounces a stroke, they work pretty well and without any electric input at all.

[Zacvv]

IT WEIGHS LIKE 1500KG!!! how good is that! less than 1000 dollars after renovations

[Dragonfly]

Thinking about it, I wouldn't want a dark interior. Seeing your photos, it is a very classy and calming look. I like the interior look a lot !

[Campinfan]

Hey, you need a 1 ton dually to pull that...lol...figured I would beat someone to the punch. It reminds me of the trailer I used to go camping in with my grandparents. Even through high school. Great memories were made with that trailer.

[Zacvv]

Thanks for the advice how are you using the small tanks for gravity feed? Up high in the cabinets? Just a valve and a hose?

I just really dont wana screw around with the water tank we have to take water to the sink to wash up and what not.

Where should i buy one? Are they automatic when the tap turns on?

[Francesca_Knowl]

Sweet!

Sounds like the pump is toast...no big deal, they're cheap. You can buy one for less than a hundred bucks if you want to keep using an electric-operated system. I say that because after years of bigger rigs I now have a little trailer, too, and the hand pump supplied with its 14 gallon tank worked just fine until I eventually decided to just go with a gravity-flow system based on two gallon containers. Took out the water tank and am now using the space I got back for extra storage.

Works for me!