gday all,
I am looking at putting an overflow bottle in the LJ, since the drag day specifies it, and its a daily so it would be handy so i don't need to keep topping the radiator up all the time.
Which one should I use? I was just planning on heading down the wreakers and ripping it out of a later model Holden whatever.
I know i need to change the cap as well. I assume burson or repco or even Autobarn for one of them?
thanks
Steve
Radiator Overflow Bottle
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 02:12 PM
All correct.
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 02:43 PM
I have a HZ one in the LH. Only problem is that this particular one has a hole drilled directly above the inlet, so if/when it overflows (must be pretty explosive) water spouts straight up and out the hole. Was this hole original on the HZ, or has somebody done a nasty modification?
Other thing, don't forget to get a recovery type radiator cap (all of $13 or so) otherwise it's not gonna work for you.
Other thing, don't forget to get a recovery type radiator cap (all of $13 or so) otherwise it's not gonna work for you.
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 03:00 PM
Nomally had a pin hole.
Boys UC has been opened up too, I guess it's so you don't loose the cap when it lets go.
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Boys UC has been opened up too, I guess it's so you don't loose the cap when it lets go.
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 03:08 PM
Thanks guys,
will have to drop into a wreakers tomorrow and see what i can scrounge up
Steve
will have to drop into a wreakers tomorrow and see what i can scrounge up
Steve
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 04:05 PM
yeah i did mine a while ago, went to a wrecker that a old school mate owns, they had a big box of them.... so i picked the nicest one which was out of a ford laser!
Got a cap and found some hose and its all sweet!!!
Got a cap and found some hose and its all sweet!!!
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 05:02 PM
Yeah the early lasers are nice & small,you can unbolt the bracket the overflow sits on & reuse it if you like,they also come with a long hose if you get it off a wreck.The one I had cost $5.
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 01:22 PM
Well i dropped into Centre Road wreakers (in Clayton, Melbourne) this morning and spotted a familiar looking stocky Yellow UC in the car park. Sure enough Peter UC was there hunting throught the Holden section.
Well in the end i got an overflow bottle and the bracket for it and the windsreen washer bottle out of a UC for $10. Dropped into bursons for a cap, cost me $8. All in all overflow for $18. No more cable tieing coke bottles to my horns 
Now to got and rust treat and respray the bracket 
Steve
Well in the end i got an overflow bottle and the bracket for it and the windsreen washer bottle out of a UC for $10. Dropped into bursons for a cap, cost me $8. All in all overflow for $18. No more cable tieing coke bottles to my horns
Now to got and rust treat and respray the bracket
Steve
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 01:41 PM
Something thats been on my 'to do' list for the past 6 months. I've been unable to find one from a UC at the wreckers I've visited so far so thanks for the tip on the laser - they should be easier to come by.
Whats this with the radiator cap?
Peace,
Whats this with the radiator cap?
Peace,
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 01:55 PM
The standard radiator cap for a Torana just allows water to get out, where as the other cap allows water to get out and come back in. So when the motor gets hot water will come out the cap into the overflow bottle, and when it cools down water will come out of the overflow bottle and go back into the radiator.
Steve
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 02:16 PM
Quite logical really if I had of thought about it. 
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 02:27 PM
And I got the intermittent switch out of a UC for mine.
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 02:31 PM
^ I take it you are talking wiper intermittent switch here.
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 05:35 PM
And I got the intermittent switch out of a UC for mine.
^ I take it you are talking wiper intermittent switch here.
Yep thats the one Yella
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 07:05 PM
Exactly right....and same price i paid for mine!!!Yeah the early lasers are nice & small,you can unbolt the bracket the overflow sits on & reuse it if you like,they also come with a long hose if you get it off a wreck.The one I had cost $5.
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