Came home and though I had to cut the fitting for the original valve connector off, in 5 min or less I had a functioning shower/dishwasher/rinser.
Turned out I didn't need the hose clamps.
Next after a while came where do I put the durn thing and how do I keep it from rattling around when traveling? I know I don't want to keep unpacking and packing it to have access and it would be nice to have it close to the kitchen, which is usually out the back door. As would be a shower when needed.
So my criteria for design would be; it would have to put few if any holes in the body, easy to access, easily removed, and as out of the way as possible and simply solid, made from materials on hand.
Settling on the left rear corner for placement, I knew I would have to raise it above the level of the open lid for the tool locker. That made it close to the door and easy access. Plus any holes I needed would not be going from the inside to the outside, but from the inside to the inside of the tool locker. With 3 bolts it could be easily removed and in the back corner was out of the way except for the guest cot which may prove to be an issue. I had materials on hand so I needed a design.
I have no idea where this design came from but I must have seen something like it somewhere. Using a 3/16" rod I made a pin with a loop at one end and a point at the other this locks the support in either the raised or stowed position.
Since I do all my work by hand with clamps and such I really had to pay close attention to marking out the 45°'s for the support and placement of the holes for the pivot and the locking pin. I have slowly become a convert for using metrics for measurement as it's soooooo much easier to carry over.
There was mucho trial and error and fitting before the final design was, well, finalized.
First I made the base and the upright, then set about to make the support arm(?). At first I just wanted a circular thing to hold the base in, but, I couldn't make one I liked and it took up too much interior space. There went day 1!
Day 2 started with the new design, just a straight support arm. I spent most of the day measuring cutting, grinding, welding, and drilling to get this.
Then I realized it was going to be too wobbly and the top needed to be attached to the body too. You can see in the pic above that there is a bracket from the top to the body, I used a 1/4-20 rive-nut to the body, and welded a 1/4-20 flanged nut to the support.
Here's a pic of it extended;
And with the sprayer on top.
Close up on the details;
On the base I welded 1/4-20 flanged nuts and used 1/4-20 bolts and fender washers underneath. At first I thought I could just set it in there and viola it would be perfect....best laid plans of mice and men.....
I knew I had to secure it from the rigours of offroad, but every time I went to tie it off it tilted back and wanted to fall off the support. I needed to have something between the top and the roof side to stop the tilting and I needed something to provide a downforce to keep it from bouncing off the support arm.
First I tried some bungee cords in various places but nothing worked then I tried a link on the roof side and tying it in place.
That just made it tilt until I put a folded up tarp behind it as seen in the picture. But, tying and untying it to add water would be a pain so again I tried a bungee cord.
This seems to be the answer, it supplies downforce and backwards pressure to keep it on the support arm. I have since replaced the tarp with some styrofoam that I have and it may work or not time will tell.
After all the fettleing was done I decided to paint it to match the bodywork, CAT Yellow. Partly because if the pin ever fell out I might be able to find it on the ground since it is yellow.
Here's what that looks like in situ;
And holding the sprayer;
From the last pic you can see that the sprayer will reach far enough to shower or do dishes or wash a bike. Ignore the fat guy, he only works here....;^)
