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04-02-2006, 11:46 PM
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hey guys, while everythings off and out of the way in the engine bay, i am trying to clean up a lot. I have wrapped most electricals in heat shielding tape, they look good. My main issue is the Radiator fluid resovior.. its ugly, and big, and i want to remove it..
The battery is in the boot, so the only thing stopping me from cutting that bracket out is the resovior. I've seen it removed in other cars, just wonderin how is this done? and who can do it? or who sells/makes the neat aliminium ones? any help on cleaning it up would be greatly appreciated! (pic wont upload, of engine bay) |
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04-02-2006, 11:49 PM
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I believe BPT or AWC do ally jobs
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04-02-2006, 11:52 PM
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buy a new bottle... 100ish at ford i think
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04-02-2006, 11:59 PM
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Yea its a fairly new bottle, only 6 months old or so.. still is ugly and dirty. I want that section of the engine bay like.. clean clean.. i've seen a red eb turbo with an ultra clean engine bay, no bottle... how how how ? |
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05-02-2006, 01:48 AM
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back to the shop........
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ive been looking for something like this too. after i seen the JMM turbo ef with something similar for my falc to clean up that mess too!
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05-02-2006, 02:45 PM
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Girrrrr!!!
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Its there because of the fact the radiator sits lower than the engine...
I don't think it would be wise to completely remove it but I'm sure an ally one would look better than the gay plastic one... Plus I've had a hose blow off the bottom of those and its a real pain in the *** to drive 150km having to fill up the water every 10 minutes... anyways...
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05-02-2006, 02:57 PM
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I got one of the PWR tanks on my BA and it looks way better than the plastic crap. Down side is you have to remove the cap to check the level but I can live with that. I put mine on the buffer and it came up like a mirror, just wish I could get the plennum like that.
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05-02-2006, 03:23 PM
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As said, it's gotta be mounted above the radiator. It bleeds the system as you drive, if it's lower than the rest of the cooling system you'll get air pockets in the system.
Having said that, you could probably do away with the bottle and fit a conventional system with the cap on the radiator and an overflow bottle, you'd just have to bleed it manually when you refill the cooling system. |
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05-02-2006, 03:28 PM
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More to the point will it have the mechanism for the low coolant light??
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05-02-2006, 03:34 PM
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BA's do not have this sensor but I imagine one built for an E series would, check with PWR.
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05-02-2006, 04:05 PM
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Shoot.
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Gecko, how much was the BA one?
EDIT: just saw the site. They don't seem to list one for E-Series. Although they have them for AUs, just wondering if they're the same tank design as EB/EF etc??
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05-02-2006, 04:55 PM
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05-02-2006, 05:01 PM
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they call me Tibbo
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I got a custom shaped turned ally one from A.R.E.. I'll post a pic when i get home
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05-02-2006, 05:43 PM
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05-02-2006, 06:16 PM
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they call me Tibbo
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here is mine, looks trick and works a treat.. You can get custom angles on the inlets etc etc..
 
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05-02-2006, 06:53 PM
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that looks great Tibbo, what have you mounted it too ?
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05-02-2006, 07:23 PM
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05-02-2006, 10:10 PM
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So really.. any sort of good looking container, that sits around the same place as the original one, will work? i have no coolent sender anyway. Anywhere near Mordialloc make them?
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05-02-2006, 10:23 PM
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05-02-2006, 11:20 PM
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Can someone tell me whether an AU resevoir is a straight swap into an ED?
Cheers
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05-02-2006, 11:38 PM
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it's not luke.
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05-02-2006, 11:45 PM
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06-02-2006, 02:50 AM
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Racecraft, I'm declining your engine bay exists! That's insane. Lol.
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06-02-2006, 08:01 AM
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Gecko, is yours the same as Racecraft? I wouldn't mind seeing more pix.
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06-02-2006, 07:50 PM
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Why not just paint it?
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07-02-2006, 04:11 AM
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Are those bloody things really $100 new from Ford?
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07-02-2006, 06:31 AM
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Yup, they sure are.. bit of a rip!!!
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07-02-2006, 08:35 AM
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I got mine for the wreakers for $55...what a rip off!!
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07-02-2006, 12:57 PM
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And they just go dirty in a couple of months anyway!!!! I want an alloy one made up. Does anyone know who in Melbourne could knock one up, or what sort of places to be calling up?
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07-02-2006, 06:39 PM
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BPT sell them already made for EA to EL, AU and BA, $360 for E-series and $378 for AU/BA. Wouldn't be cheap to make a one off.
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Engine bay clean up: Radiator fluid resovior
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