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Expansion Coolant Tank
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:29 am
by nsantos23
Alright guys,
i kept this to myself too long and its time to get it out there, i am making my own tank! well i bought the metal today and i am bending the metal tomorrow, ordering the filler neck on friday, welding sometime next week when i get all the parts together, thanks to my job i have a place to fabricate all this. as soon as i'm ready i will test it and let you all know how it goes. , suposelly it will be a stronger and heavier tank due to the material used. i guess all the engineering schooling is paying off now hehehe, yeah right. maybe if all works out i may accept orders.
Take care
Neo
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:35 am
by Project_Legacy
kool. keep us posted eh?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:55 am
by Tleg93
Right on, that's something I need to eliminate as a possible pain in the behind like Phil's episode that he had.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:30 am
by J-MoNeY
Oh crap. NSYNC's - Dirty Pop is on! Right on...
Anyways, I'd buy one of these bad boys just to have one laying around.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:39 am
by nsantos23
hey all, the parts are cut and bent, lets see how the welding goes and the filler neck, hehehehehe, its coming along.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:49 pm
by Project_Legacy
nice.
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:59 pm
by irishsetter
Great job just remember that there is a check valve on one of the lines to the expansion tank. Right now I can't recall which one.
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:03 pm
by nsantos23
a check valve? on the ruber hoses? i dont think so, i never saw one
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:30 pm
by vrg3
It's built into the 7.5mm hose barb that connects to the upper right corner of the radiator. It only allows flow into the tank.
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:54 pm
by nsantos23
well i'm not changing anything as far as rerouting, i'm just making the tank.
Neo
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:31 pm
by nsantos23
Welding begins tomorrow, it passed the strenght test!, it is bullet proof! I just ordered the filler necks, they'll get here on monday so this way i can weld them on to it next week and finally test it!!!!!!!!!!!!
I went trought 5 router table bits to cut this thing it weights about 4 pounds, and thats only for parts. after its welding proccess it may increase a couple of pounds.
I'm excited i'll keep you posted
Neo
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:33 pm
by vrg3
Right...
The nipple on the stock tank contains a check valve.
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:38 pm
by nsantos23
well iguess i will need to use a external check valve, or whoever buys it needs a external check valve, where could I get one of those?
Neo
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:48 pm
by nsantos23
hey btw how big is that nipple again? all the nipple on my stock were replaced with metal and they are cracking again. so what are the sizes?
thanks for your help
Neo
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:50 pm
by vrg3
McMaster carries a wide variety of check valves that you can page through in their online catalog.
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:51 pm
by nsantos23
whats the website?
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:09 pm
by vrg3
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:53 pm
by irishsetter
Usually any hose shop will have small check valves. That check valve is used to vent out any air that gets trapped in the top of the rad. I would just got to any local hose shop.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 1:53 am
by nsantos23
ALRIGHT GOT EVERYTHING WELDED TODAY, GOT THE FILLER NECKS YESTERDAY, TOMORROW WILL BE A DAY TO LOOK FOR CHECK VALVES, THEN GET ALL THE ROUGH SPOTS OUT AND PAINT IT. HMMMMMMM I'M EXCITED!! THERE WAS EVEN BLOOD INVOLVED IN THIS, I BURNED MYSELF !!!!!! BADLY!!! SNIFFFF A HOT ROD THAT I FORGET THAT WAS HOT AND I WENT TO PICK IT UP, OPSSS GOT THE PALM OF MY HAD DEEPLY BURNED! WELL ITS WORTHED ALL THE EFFORT ITS ALMOST DONE, ABOUT A WEEK OR SO I SHOULD HAVE IT IN THE CAR AND TESTING.
I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED
NEO
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 1:59 am
by J-MoNeY
OK!