Surreptitious.....

[oldeskewltoy]

Well...... since that new airbox is taking up the space where the old overflow and washer tanks were, I need to find places for each.


I took a close look at my washer/overflow tanks and noticed that they were NOT 2 tanks in one plastic mold... but 2 tanks rivetted together! Drill out the rivets and you have two separate tanks.







This provides an opportunity to retain the original overflow tank *IF* I can find a place it can fit........

there are 3 holes in the overflow tank designed for mounting purposes... one that was used before I separated the tanks, the other 2 were the rivet holes used to keep the 2 tanks together.


Here is the shroud as fitted to the fan....



see all that room to the right of the fan???



Now here is a view of the now single overflow tank taped(sorry... no wood this time) into place. the overflow hose, in a gentle loop, fully clears the top radiator hose.



Note the tabs(on right of tank) at the top, and at the bottom, I can either add a riv-nut to these places on the shroud, or 2 regular rivets and make it permanently affixed to the shroud. The tab on the left can get removed




An overhead shot... shows the odd shape.... The tank WILL fit here... without interference... but I'm undecided as to keeping it, or trying to find something that fits better (if there is such a tank)


A few questions.... I've yet to answer...
1) Can the tank take constant heat??? Will the shroud conduct too much heat into that tank - full contact is different then when/if the rad belches some coolant now and again

2) can the overflow tank be 3"-4" below the overflow outlet?