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| Author: | 74DartSport [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Radiator Overflow Bottle for Dart Sport |
Anybody know where to buy a new Radiator Overflow Bottle for a 1974 Dart Sport. I've looked around and can find NOS caps but not the bottle. Mine really needs cleaning and it would be fine with me to just replace it. |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:38 am ] |
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Doesn't look like that one's being reproduced. Brad's NOS has one for $110. I see a '73 A-body bottle available at Jim's (about halfway down the page) that'll fit and work without much difficulty, but there are persistent and numerous cautionary tales of bad customer experiences with Jim's, so beware and be careful. This same bottle can probably be had elsewhere. |
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| Author: | sick6 [ Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:35 am ] |
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about 5 years ago, I was MAKING those in a vacuum forming shop (we also made windshield wiper tanks). they were two piece and they were plastic welded together down the center. we made about 500 of them and never got another order. Some turned out okay, others didn't. the shop foreman didn't care what they looked like, he just wanted to fill the order. this really bothered me but my complaints were ignored. the problem was the seam on the bottom, I didn't do those, I just did the forming (different department). Since the problem was on the bottom of the part, "out of sight", the foreman didn't care how bad it was since "no one would ever see it". I tried to explain that if it leaks people are going to start looking, he didn't care. I recognized them immediately, since I have a 75 duster. the problem is the company we made them for changed names several times, and then were bought out and sold off piece by piece. that happens allot in plastics. my point is two-fold: they are out there in some capacity, but be careful with investing in them, it might be crap. |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:17 am ] |
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Eeyuck.  I have a few stories just like that from product development jobs I've held in the past. Not fun to have to pick between integrity and a paycheque!Unless the '74 in question is a show car, perhaps an aftermarket overflow tank, installed neatly, would be the best and least costly way to go. |
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| Author: | sick6 [ Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:17 pm ] |
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Quote: Eeyuck.
its amazing- but every job I have had I need to do allot of quality control, and each one my standards have been higher than the manager's have been. its kind of sad in some cases. I have a few stories just like that from product development jobs I've held in the past. Not fun to have to pick between integrity and a paycheque!the job I had before this one (when I was doing waterjet) it was scary some of the things I was told to let go.......and we had military contracts! Quote: Unless the '74 in question is a show car, perhaps an aftermarket overflow tank, installed neatly, would be the best and least costly way to go.
agreed. there are some generic ones you can buy through checker auto around here locally. other shops probably have something similar.
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| Author: | radarsonwheels [ Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | c'mon |
unless you need to be numbers matching, and just refurbished your original sparkplugs and rebuilt your battery, it could be way cheaper and cooler to make your own. it is not a complex mechanism, and Im sure you could come up with something better looking than the factory? not to say that there is anything wrong with an original car, I love to see them! Mostly I am just baffled by paying over a hundred bucks for a plastic bottle with two hoses on it. brushed stainless or polished aluminum with a glass sight window and custom brackets- now youre talking about a hunnert bux! kevin |
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| Author: | ceej [ Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:42 pm ] |
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I think my puke bottle is one of the aforementioned items. I top it every couple of weeks to keep up with an incessant leak.. I've got some nice thick quart size Nalgene bottles in the shop. Might be a good project for tonight!  CJ |
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| Author: | slantasaurus [ Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:40 pm ] |
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An aftermarket bottle might be the best solution in this situation. I have a 74 Duster and have had 2 bottles fall against the fan belt. The mounting bolt is located in a bad place and alows a lot of movement. First time I thought it was a fluke, maybe my fault. Second time I was on the highway and it took the belt with it, very lucky I was driving a slant, I don't think ANY other engine would have made it 3 miles to the next exit....and finding an auto parts store right off the highway was a complete accident. |
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| Author: | Romeo Furio [ Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | bottle |
Jegs or Summit have nice coolant recovery bottles with mounting lugs moulded in for around 16 bucks that work great and they come in different colors too.........Have used lots of them in the past. |
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| Author: | 74DartSport [ Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:19 pm ] |
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Dan, I called Brads NOS and they were out of the bottles. I'm very patient and will check back with them later. The good news is they had other items I was looking for and I bought a couple of NOS items. |
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