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Howzit?!?
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Maryville, TN
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Would my brother-in-law's Tall Boy can of Bud Ice zip tied to the radiator be classy, or classic. :p
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Nacogdoches, TX
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I don't know why you all bother with a resevior on these old trucks. They don't have a 2 way pressure valve in the radiator cap like the new ones do (or none at all). If your truck is spewing fluid, then the truck is either overheating and causing too much pressure, or you need to buy a new radiator cap to pressurize the cooling system correctly.
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SKINNY TIRES RULE!
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Bothell, WA
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You can get the fancy aluminum or stainless overflow tanks on e-bay. Here is one with a buy it now for $22.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2442873174
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northern Illinois
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When you replace that radiator cap, buy one from a '75 instead, and THEN you can use a coolant recovery tank! Hmm. What a great idea!! Brian P.S. Great way to make a first impression ![]() |
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Pennyless Fool
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Forney,Tx
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And I like being able to check my coolant level at a glance and with no brow burns.
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Liberty, & Garden City S.C. , U.S.
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dtlilly,
My water jug compared to this! Now that is class. ![]()
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1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 ![]() Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs. |
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Cause the Chicks DIG IT!!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Beaufort SC
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I put one in my 71 and out of an old s-10 pickup sitting in the trees. All it does is catch the overflow. It will not suck it back up because i do not have a closed system. You have to get certain types of caps for your radiator and your overflow tank. The overflow tank should not vent until it gets full and reallly hot!! This way it will hold pressure build up and when the engine is off that built up pressure will push the fluid back into the radiator.
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Actually the tank can be vented and it'll still work properly. The vacume created by the contracting cooling in the rad is what sucks it back in.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Cypress, Tx
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Racedvl,
Does your radiator suck the fluid back in from the resevoir? I have that same vent radiator cap and am going to get a washer resevoir this next weekend and am curious if it will work. Thanks!!! Shawn
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If you get a 15lbs. cap and hook up a overflow tank it will work, it don't matter what kind of tank or cap it has on it as long as the hose from the radiator is under the level of coolant in the jug. That's why I choose a tank out of the 80's model monty carlo, the hose connects in the bottom of the jug and it stays under the fluid level. If you have a jug that the hose runs through the top it has to stay covered up with coolant at all times for the suction to work.
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1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 ![]() Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs. |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Cypress, Tx
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Andy4639,
Thanks for clearing that up!!! Should the resevoir be mounted below the highest point of the radiator to aide in suction??
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I would put it either level or below the cap on the radiator. If you look at the picture I posted earlier in this thread you will see that the hose is below the cap. I would at the least have it level. I know that the jug is dirty, but it's my driver I can't have it clean everytime I need a picture of something.
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1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 ![]() Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs. |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Cypress, Tx
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Thanks Andy4639!!!
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Olive Branch,MS,USA
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The advantage to running a Expansion (Overflow) Tank is you can run the radiator completely full....it is much more efficient without any air in it. Where the tank is mounted doesn't matter if you have the correct cap....it will suck it back in. http://www.mycarwizard.com/autoshop/cooling1.html
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dropped69
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Grand Canyon State
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my reservoir was cracked so i took it off when i first got it...ive always drove without it on yeah it spits on the ground but i just put more water in it every now and then. ive drove the truck atleast 250 miles one way to mexico in the summer and it never got hot on me....also drove it about 200-250 miles up north in the winter time
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Yellville, Ar, USA
Posts: 1,943
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Yes, it will warm up quicker. All automatics run hotter than standards, because of the cooler lines going to the radiator and the hot transmission fluid flowing through it.
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